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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
12,910 approved · 996 refused · 823 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 1980 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenacres, Morfa Lane, Wenvoe
Received 7 Aug 20233, The Precinct, Greggs, Boverton Road, Llantwit Major
Received 30 Oct 202455, Maes Y Gwenyn, Rhoose Point, Rhoose
Received 9 Aug 202119, Slade Close, Sully
Received 27 Jul 2021Chestnut Cottage, 24, Walston Road, Wenvoe
Received 29 Jan 202531, Pill Street, Cogan, Penarth
Received 8 Jun 2020Romilly Park, Barry
Received 28 Jul 20226, Knowbury Avenue, Penarth
Received 17 May 2017Tesco Stores Ltd., Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff
Received 27 Aug 2015Land within the curtilage of Kingfisher Hall, St. Nicholas
Received 19 Jan 2018Land off Chapel Terrace, Twyn Yr Odyn
Received 26 Jun 2017Broadhayes, Llancarfan
Received 24 Jun 2022Cemetery Road, Barry
Received 27 Jul 2016New House at Trevithyn Farm, Llancarfan
Received 20 Jan 20251 Vale Business Park, Llandow
Received 23 Jul 202452, Redlands Avenue, Penarth
Received 10 Aug 202122, Ivy Street, Penarth
Received 14 Sept 2020Plot 15, Ocean View, Ogmore By Sea
Received 3 Mar 2016Broad Island House, 21, 22, 24 and 25, Broad Street, Barry
Received 23 Jun 2026Bryn Sion Chapel House, Penylan Road, St. Brides Major
Received 22 Nov 2022The Old Coach House, Swanbridge Road, Sully
Received 15 Jan 2025The Stables, Corntown Road, Corntown
Received 20 Feb 20172, Llandilo Close, Dinas Powys
Received 6 Dec 2016Croes Leiky, Heol Sant Y Nyll, St. Brides Super Ely
Received 20 May 2021Records 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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