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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,029 approved · 1,931 refused · 655 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Jun 2009 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
21 Oxford Street Maerdy Ferndale CF43 4BG
Received 13 Mar 2019Glyn Farm Llantrisant Road Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8YY
Received 13 Mar 2019Appletree Avenue Dinas Tonypandy CF40 1JH
Received 13 Mar 20195 Park Lane Groes-Faen Pontyclun CF72 8PB
Received 13 Mar 2019Pren Celyn (Formely Beggars Roost) Erw Hir Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8BY
Received 12 Mar 2019Parc Lewis Primary School Broadway Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1BE
Received 12 Mar 201944 Ynysddu Pontyclun CF72 9UA
Received 14 Mar 201921 Brookdale Court Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1RP
Received 12 Mar 2019Black Lion Hotel 104A Wind Street Aberdare CF44 7LL
Received 11 Mar 2019Black Lion Hotel Wind Street Aberdare
Received 11 Mar 2019Land Opposite 6 Gwernllwyn Terrace Tylorstown Ferndale CF43 3DP
Received 11 Mar 201922 Windsor Drive Miskin Pontyclun CF72 8SH
Received 11 Mar 2019103 Llwyn Onn Tyle Garw Pontyclun CF72 9EU
Received 11 Mar 2019Garth Hall Farm Craig-Evan-Leyshon Common Road Abercynon Pontypridd CF37 4HP
Received 11 Mar 2019Unit D And C Purolite International Ltd Llantrisant Business Park Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8LF
Received 8 Mar 201936 Coed Mieri Tyle Garw Pontyclun CF72 9UW
Received 11 Mar 2019The Dragon Inn (Formerly The Bridge Inn) No 1 Saron Street Treforest CF37 1TF
Received 11 Mar 2019The Dragon Inn (Formely The Bridge Inn) No 1 Saron Street Treforest CF37 1TF
Received 11 Mar 20192 Ffordd-Y-Capel Efail Isaf Pontypridd CF38 1AP
Received 11 Mar 20194 Bryn Eglwys Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9PE
Received 8 Mar 20191 Danygraig Terrace Llantrisant Road Cross Inn Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8BB
Received 8 Mar 20195 Maes Glas Ynysybwl Pontypridd CF37 3EJ
Received 8 Mar 201945 Brecon Road Hirwaun Aberdare CF44 9ND
Received 8 Mar 2019Land Adjacent To 3 Squires Row Tonypandy
Received 7 Mar 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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