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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 Vale of Glamorgan Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,667 approved · 686 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 1980 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 off Cowbridge Road, Cowbridge Road, St Athan
Received 24 Jun 202419, Clive Place, Penarth
Received 13 Jun 2022The Former Cowbridge Grammar School, Aberthin Road, Cowbridge
Received 25 Apr 202472, Stanwell Road, Penarth
Received 26 Apr 20232, Cae Gwyn, Penarth
Received 6 May 202179, Penlan Road, Llandough
Received 16 Jan 202345, Porthkerry Road, Rhoose
Received 7 Jun 2021The Old Rectory, Drope Road, Drope, St Georges Super Ely
Received 24 Sept 2020Floors On Floors, 10, Cornerswell Road, Penarth
Received 24 Jan 20232, Home Farm Bungalow, St. Lythans Road, Dyffryn
Received 27 Mar 2024Foxes Hollow, Michaelston Le Pit Road, Michaelston Le Pit
Received 3 Oct 2022Land South of Creigiau, Creigiau (Planning reference number for Cardiff 19/02523/MJR)
Received 13 May 2024Land to rear of Seaton Hoe, Pen Y Turnpike Road, Dinas Powys
Received 17 Jan 2023Clive Place, Penarth
Received 2 Jul 2021Land at Coldbrook Road East, Cadoxton, Barry
Received 20 Jan 2023The Pound, Duffryn Lane, St. Nicholas
Received 13 Dec 2019Mill Farm, Llandow
Received 4 Oct 2024Biglis to Dinas Powys Active Travel Route
Received 31 Mar 2025Wits End, 2 Stockwood Mews, North Road, Cowbridge
Received 1 Jul 2024Land West of Swanbridge Road, Sully Sully
Received 4 Sept 202679 Crompton Way, Ogmore By Sea
Received 3 Jun 2024Santa Clara, 20, Evenlode Avenue, Penarth
Received 28 Oct 2022Ty Creigiau, 1, Cwrt Dyfed, Barry
Received 20 Apr 2022Brynhill Golf Club, Little Brynhill Lane, Barry
Received 2 Dec 2022Records 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 Vale of Glamorgan 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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