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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.
18,423 approved · 1,822 refused · 623 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Feb 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Elms Farm Castell-Y-MWNWS Llanharry Pontyclun CF72 9DD
Received 19 Jun 20193 Red Cow Cottages Llantrisant Road Groes-Faen Pontyclun CF72 8NT
Received 19 Jun 2019Cae Rhys Cardiff Road Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8DH
Received 15 Jun 2019Land At Former Open Cast Coal Site And Land To The North Of The A473 Llanilid
Received 17 Jun 2019The Co Operative Food Store Station Road Treorchy CF42 6UD
Received 17 Jun 2019Craig Yr Hesg Quarry Berw Road Pontypridd CF37 3BG
Received 17 Jun 201955 Mill Street Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8AE
Received 17 Jun 2019Seion Chapel Birchgrove Street Porth
Received 17 Jun 201912 St David's Place Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8HA
Received 17 Jun 2019Land Adjacent To 4 Painter's Row Ynyswen Treherbert Treorchy CF42 5AU
Received 17 Jun 2019Tyla Garw Cottage Tyla Garw Pontyclun CF72 9EZ
Received 14 Jun 2019Land To The Rear Of 35 South Street Ynyshir Porth CF39 0EG
Received 14 Jun 2019Coldra Road Tynewydd Treherbert Treorchy CF42 5PH
Received 13 Jun 20193 Ceridwen Terrace Bridge Street Pontypridd CF37 4PD
Received 13 Jun 201934 Byron Avenue Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2TW
Received 13 Mar 20198 Broadfield Close Penygraig Tonypandy CF40 1SY
Received 13 Jun 20199 Bryncoch Taffs Well Cardiff CF15 7QA
Received 13 Jun 2019Plot 9 Danylan Road Maesycoed Pontypridd CF37 1ES
Received 13 Jun 2019Land At Former Coed Ely Colliery Off The A4119 Coed Ely
Received 5 Mar 2020Bodwenarth Farm Heol Mynydd Cilfynydd Pontypridd CF37 4JA
Received 13 Feb 2020Cilfynydd Community Centre Cilfynydd Road Cilfynydd Pontypridd CF37 4NR
Received 13 Feb 202051 The Avenue Cefnpennar Mountain Ash CF45 4DU
Received 7 Jan 202013 Lewis Street Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1BZ
Received 7 Jan 2020120 Brynteg Green Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2PT
Received 3 Dec 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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