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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 Vale of Glamorgan Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Vale of Glamorgan website
12,637 approved · 976 refused · 817 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 1980 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
73 Eastgate, Cowbridge
Received 19 Sept 2025Former St. Cyres Lower School, Murch Road, Dinas Powys
Received 30 Oct 2017Cae Groes, 29, Heol Yr Ysgol, St. Brides Major
Received 2 Nov 2021Land adjacent to Picketston Close, Eglwys Brewis
Received 9 Dec 20201, Shelley Crescent, Penarth
Received 30 Jun 2021Plot 19, Manor Park, Sully Road, Penarth
Received 21 Feb 2017Meadowlands Estate, Drope Road, The Drope
Received 23 Aug 201710 Main Avenue, Peterston Super Ely
Received 24 Aug 2026East Quay, Barry Waterfront, Barry
Received 13 Dec 2024Ty Caredig, Old Farm Mews, Dinas Powys
Received 7 Jun 2024Barry Biomass No. 2, David Davies Road, Barry
Received 16 Oct 2025Pen Y Bont Surf Life Saving Clubhouse, The River Mouth, Ogmore by Sea
Received 15 Jun 20177, Cowper Close, Penarth
Received 3 May 20167, Esplanade Building, Friars Road, Barry Island
Received 14 Sept 2016Land off Horsefair Road, Waterton Industrial Estate, Bridgend
Received 3 Jan 2017Drake House, Plymouth Road, Penarth
Received 19 Aug 2022Caia House, St. Nicholas
Received 13 Oct 2016Crawshay Court, Eagleswell Road, Llantwit Major
Received 6 Jul 202613, Pwll Y Min Crescent, Peterston Super Ely
Received 15 May 2018Stardust (Ex Phoenix Amusements), Paget Road, Barry Island
Received 15 Nov 202172, Castle Avenue, Penarth
Received 22 Aug 2016New Greenway Farm, Bonvilston
Received 13 May 202613, Victoria Square, Penarth
Received 3 Mar 2021Spring Meadows, Llandow
Received 1 Nov 2016Records 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 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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