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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.
17,555 approved · 1,646 refused · 596 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Harriet Street Trecynon Aberdare CF44 8PP
Received 7 Nov 2019Old Bank Chambers Market Street Pontypridd CF37 2SU
Received 6 Nov 2019Plot 2 Mynachdy Road Ynysybwl Pontypridd CF37 3PP
Received 6 Nov 2019Oaklands Pantybrad Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8HX
Received 5 Nov 2019Pantyquesta House Hensol Road Miskin Pontyclun CF72 8JU
Received 5 Nov 20192 Highdale Close Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8QE
Received 4 Nov 201915 Llantrisant Road Pontyclun CF72 9DP
Received 4 Nov 2019160 Bute Street Treherbert Treorchy CF42 5PE
Received 4 Nov 20197 Springfield Drive Abercynon Mountain Ash CF45 4UB
Received 4 Nov 2019Grounds Of Evasham Bungalow Old Llantrisant Road Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8YU
Received 4 Nov 2019Aldi Foodstore Ltd Cymmer Road Dinas Porth CF39 9BQ
Received 4 Nov 2019Land At Garth Works Industrial Estate And Taff's Well Railway Station West Of A470
Received 1 Nov 2019Bodringallt Villa Sandy Bank Road Ystrad Pentre CF41 7QF
Received 1 Nov 20191 Meadow Lane Hirwaun Aberdare CF44 9PU
Received 1 Nov 201925 Underhill Drive Tonteg Pontypridd CF38 1NW
Received 1 Nov 20196 Pine Street Ferndale CF43 4RB
Received 1 Nov 201916 Meadow Brook Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1DJ
Received 1 Nov 20197 Heol Cynllan Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9RL
Received 1 Nov 201935 Whiterock Drive Graigwen Pontypridd CF37 2HA
Received 1 Nov 201921 Laurel Avenue Hawthorn Pontypridd CF37 5AU
Received 31 Oct 20199 Cadwgan Terrace Trehafod Pontypridd CF37 2PD
Received 30 Oct 2019The Haven Caswell Close Hirwaun CF44 9RH
Received 30 Oct 2019CWRT Ynysmeurig Abercynon
Received 30 Oct 2019Footpath 39 To 10 Springfield Ynyshir Porth CF39 Ola
Received 30 Oct 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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