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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12,957 approved · 1,002 refused · 826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gileston Manor, Gileston Road, Gileston
Received 22 Sept 20176 Cae Rhedyn, Graig Penllyn
Received 1 Apr 202660, Victoria Road, Penarth
Received 13 Feb 201822, Plassey Street, Penarth
Received 13 Oct 20206, Pwll Y Min Crescent, Peterston Super Ely
Received 3 Sept 2020Overton, 28, Llanmaes Road, Llantwit Major
Received 15 Feb 20182a, Cardiff Road, Dinas Powys
Received 14 Dec 2017Llys Brocastle, off A48, Bridgend
Received 11 Jul 201728 Victoria Road, Penarth
Received 4 Aug 2025Marc Jordan 2, 33, High Street, Barry
Received 6 Mar 2023Southerndown Lodge, Main Road, Southerndown
Received 22 Jan 2016Springfield Cottage, 35, Old Port Road, Wenvoe
Received 5 May 202224, Plassey Street, Penarth
Received 13 Dec 2021Llancarfan Primary School, School Lane, Llancarfan
Received 25 Jul 2025Porthkerry Country Park, Porthkerry Park, Barry
Received 8 Jan 2026Ogney Brook House, Colhugh Street, Llantwit Major
Received 11 Jun 2020Consultation Closed: Land at Hayes Wood, The Bendricks, Barry
Received 8 Jan 202133, High Street, Cowbridge
Received 16 Nov 2017Little Acre, Llanbethery
Received 27 Feb 202317, Plymouth Road, Penarth
Received 13 Sept 2016Land at Barry Waterfront
Received 6 Jul 2020Unit 5, Palmers Vale Business Centre, Barry
Received 21 Nov 202219, Windsor Terrace, Penarth
Received 13 Mar 201820, Archer Road, Penarth
Received 19 Jul 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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