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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.
16,698 approved · 1,514 refused · 559 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Sept 2011 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 St John's Street Glynfach Porth CF39 9LA
Received 17 Apr 20202 Police Houses Heol Las Llantrisant
Received 17 Apr 2020Trattoria 9 High Street Pontypridd CF37 1QJ
Received 16 Apr 202023 Greenfield Terrace Abercynon Aberpennar CF45 4TN
Received 16 Apr 20201 Milbourne Street Tyntetown Abercynon Mountain Ash CF45 4YL
Received 15 Apr 2020Land Adjacent To Briardene Hillcrest Avenue Aberaman Aberdare
Received 16 Apr 202032 Queen's Drive Llantwit Fardre Pontypridd CF38 2NT
Received 16 Apr 202013 Herbert Street Treorchy CF42 6AW
Received 16 Apr 2020Land Rear Of 14 Dowlais Street Gadlys Aberdare CF44 8BA
Received 16 Apr 2020Land Adjacent To No 2 Moss Place Aber-Nant Aberdare CF44 0YU
Received 15 Apr 202029 St Andrew's Close Pen-Y-Coedcae Pontypridd CF37 1XF
Received 15 Apr 202011 Glenboi Mountain Ash CF45 3DG
Received 14 Apr 202025 Swan Street Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8ED
Received 14 Apr 2020Apollo Building Aber-Rhondda Road Porth CF39 0LD
Received 14 Apr 2020Noddfa Chapel High Street Ynysybwl Pontypridd
Received 13 Apr 202015 Heol-Y-Sarn Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8DA
Received 10 Apr 2020Tynewydd Farm Penderyn Road Hirwaun Aberdare CF44 9SX
Received 9 Apr 2020The Patch Llanharry Road Llanharry Pontyclun CF72 9LT
Received 8 Apr 2020The Patch Llanharry Road Llanharry Pontyclun CF72 9LT
Received 8 Apr 2020Land Between 227 High Street & Rhondda Hotel Cymmer Porth CF39 9AD
Received 8 Apr 202011 Castan Road Pontyclun CF72 9EH
Received 7 Apr 2020113 Dumfries Street Treorchy CF42 6TS
Received 7 Apr 2020Tyberw Cottage Hafod Lane Pantygraig-Wen Pontypridd CF37 2PF
Received 7 Apr 202020 St Luke's Close Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9ST
Received 6 Apr 2020Records 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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