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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
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
41,591 approved · 5,433 refused · 1,846 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 1974 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Chepstow Road Cwmparc Treorchy CF42 6UU
Received 23 Nov 201125 Madeline Street Pentre CF41 7JS
Received 22 Nov 20112 Bryn Terrace Penygraig Tonypandy CF40 1TJ
Received 22 Nov 2011The Pottery Public House Main Avenue Treforest Industrial Estate Pontypridd CF37 5YR
Received 22 Nov 2011Land Adjacent To 5 & 6 Thornhill Cottages Tirfounder Road Cwmbach Aberdare
Received 21 Nov 2011Penbwch Isaf Farm Penycoedcae Road Penycoedcae Pontypridd CF37 1PU
Received 21 Nov 2011Land Opposite 3 CWM Isaac Rhigos Aberdare CF44 9AX
Received 18 Nov 20112 Chalvington Close Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2RR
Received 18 Nov 201110 Dewi Street Pontypridd CF37 4RB
Received 17 Nov 201152 Llantrisant Road Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8PP
Received 17 Nov 2011Dan-Y-Bryn Farm Llantrisant Road Groesfaen Pontyclun CF72 8NQ
Received 16 Nov 2011Site Of Former Maerdy School Maerdy Road Maerdy Ferndale CF43 4AG
Received 16 Nov 2011Rear Of 119-130 High Street Cymmer Porth CF39 9EU
Received 15 Nov 2011Land Adjacent To Trefelin Trecynon Aberdare
Received 15 Nov 2011Padfield Court Business Park Gilfach Road Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8HQ
Received 15 Nov 2011Land Adjacent To Cowbridge Road And A473 (Inc Leekes Dept Store Former Purolite Works And Staedtler Factory Site) Talbot Green CF72 8XU
Received 11 Nov 2011Golygfa Moss Place Abernant Aberdare CF44 0YU
Received 14 Nov 201115 Miners' Row Llwydcoed Aberdare CF44 0TP
Received 14 Nov 20112 Heol Isaf Hendy Miskin Pontyclun CF72 8QS
Received 14 Nov 2011Land Adj To 53 Jones Street Clydach Vale Tonypandy
Received 10 Nov 20111 & 2 Station Cottages Station Approach Pontyclun CF72 9DS
Received 9 Nov 2011130 Trefelin Trecynon Aberdare CF44 8LE
Received 10 Nov 20117 Highlands Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8YG
Received 10 Nov 2011Former Sony Site Pencoed Technology Park Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5HZ
Received 9 Nov 2011Records 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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