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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
12,957 approved · 1,002 refused · 826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Penllyn Castle, Penllyn
Received 22 Dec 20202, Hayes Cottage, Methodist Lane, Llantwit Major
Received 12 Aug 2021Clifton House, South Terrace, Southerndown
Received 22 Jul 2021Land at Coldbrook Road East, Cadoxton
Received 8 Sept 2022Duffryn Llof Farm, Tredodridge
Received 22 Mar 2022Doghill Farm, Weycock Barn, Dyffryn
Received 18 Aug 202134, Maes Glas, Barry
Received 22 Sept 2016St. Athan Boys Village, St. Athan
Received 17 Jan 2023Land off Redway Road, Pendoylan
Received 12 Oct 2022Lower House Farm, Rhoose Road, Rhoose
Received 10 Feb 20268, Eastgate, Cowbridge
Received 4 Feb 2020Samreboi, 30, Cog Road, Sully
Received 30 Jan 2018The Court, Cowbridge Road, St. Nicholas
Received 7 Nov 2023101, South Road, Sully
Received 27 Jun 202368, Clos Ogney, Llantwit Major
Received 9 Feb 202124, Wimborne Crescent, Sully
Received 11 Sept 202498, Westward Rise, Barry
Received 1 Mar 202411, Monmouth Way, Boverton
Received 4 Jun 2021Cardiff Animal Shelter, West Point Industrial Estate, Penarth
Received 24 Jan 20248, Marine Walk, Ogmore By Sea
Received 20 Jan 2022The Old Rectory, Talbot Terrace, St Mary Church
Received 24 Jul 2024Christ Church Presbyterian, Tynewydd Road, Barry
Received 19 Dec 2025Carreg Las, Redway Road, Bonvilston
Received 13 Jun 2022Garden Flat, 41, Westbourne Road, Penarth
Received 12 Dec 2017Records 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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