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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
12,741 approved · 984 refused · 820 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6, Osprey Close, Penarth
Received 18 May 2017Renishaw Plc, Miskin Business Park, Miskin
Received 20 Dec 2022Flat 2A, St. Maeburne, 15, Marine Parade, Penarth
Received 8 Apr 202441, Shakespeare Drive, Llantwit Major
Received 9 Feb 2016Garden Cottage, Colwinston
Received 24 Feb 2016Evergreen Cottage, Heol Y Mynydd, St. Brides Major
Received 10 Oct 2017Marlborough Grange, Crossways, Cowbridge
Received 15 Feb 2023Ardwyn, Pen y Turnpike Road, Dinas Powys
Received 14 Dec 2015British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), Dragonfly Drive, Cardiff International Airport
Received 25 Jul 2018Petherton Veterinary Surgery 26 Broad Street, Barry
Received 26 Sept 202514, Parklands, Corntown
Received 11 Jun 202052, Plas Taliesin, Portway Marina, Penarth
Received 5 Apr 20163, Victoria Square, Penarth
Received 7 Sept 2016Double Cottage, Coldbrook Road West, Barry
Received 16 Nov 2020Brynheulog, Llangan
Received 9 Aug 2021Land at Cardiff Road/Cross Common Road, Dinas Powys
Received 7 Mar 2018Tara, 4 Maes-y-felin, Llandow
Received 27 Aug 2025Ty Groes, Heol y Mynydd, Southerndown
Received 16 Oct 2017Land at South Haven, Barry Waterfront, Barry
Received 12 Sept 2017Former Plasnewydd Farm, Cowbridge Road, Llantwit Major
Received 6 Mar 2020Land North of 4 and 5, Shackleton Close, East Vale Estate, St Athan
Received 25 Nov 2025Sully Inn, 4, Cog Road, Sully
Received 14 Feb 2018Lanlay, Wyndham Park Way, Peterston Super Ely
Received 9 Jul 2020Land South of Rubb Hangar, Keithrow, Bro Tathan, St. Athan
Received 17 Jan 2023Records 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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