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Planning application documents: what to read first
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Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Also known as RCT.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Rhondda Cynon Taf website
35,031 approved · 4,738 refused · 1,468 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 1999 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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 Adjoining 17 Clive Terrace Ynysybwl Pontypridd CF37 3LD
Received 16 Jun 2014Land To The North Of M4 Junction 33 Creigiau
Received 16 Jun 2014Workshop On Land R/O Pisgah Chapel High Street Cymmer Porth CF39 9EY
Received 16 Jun 2014Former Aberdare School Cardiff Road Aberaman Aberdare CF44 6HJ
Received 5 Aug 2014Land South Of A473 Talbot Green (North - East Of Leekes Dept Store)
Received 5 Aug 2014Land South Of A473 Talbot Green (North - East Of Leekes Dept Store)
Received 5 Aug 2014Land South Of A473 Talbot Green (North - East Of Leekes Dept Store)
Received 5 Aug 2014Maes Bach Willowford Road Tonteg Pontypridd CF38 1SL
Received 31 Jul 2014Unit 2 Pencoed Technology Park Pencoed Bridgend
Received 30 Jul 2014Land Adjacent To 46 Brynamlwg Pontyclun CF72 9AU
Received 28 Jul 2014Site Of Former Tabernacle Chapel Dumfries Street Treorchy CF42 6TR
Received 21 Jul 2014The Grange St Brides Super Ely
Received 17 Jul 2014York Drive Llantwit Fardre Pontypridd CF38 2NR
Received 18 Jul 201420 Rhondda Road Ferndale CF43 4LR
Received 8 Jul 2014211 Court Street Tonypandy CF40 2RQ
Received 4 Jul 201428 Beaumaris Close Tonteg Pontypridd CF38 1HA
Received 3 Jul 201412 Taff Street Gelli Pentre CF41 7TZ
Received 1 Jul 201426 Moorland Crescent Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2DN
Received 18 Jun 2014Hillcroft Rhiwsaeson Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8NX
Received 18 Jun 201450 Nant-Y-Fedw Abercynon Mountain Ash CF45 4LS
Received 18 Jun 201410 Wood Street Ferndale CF43 4HG
Received 5 Jun 20143 Bryn Terrace Cwmdare Road Cwmdare Aberdare CF44 8RB
Received 16 Jun 2014Plasmarl Cwmynysminton Road Llwydcoed Aberdare CF44 0UP
Received 16 Jun 2014Welsh Pantry Unit 10 Llantrisant Business Park Llantrisant CF72 8LF
Received 18 Jun 2014Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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