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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
13,181 approved · 1,013 refused · 838 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Coldbrook Road East, Coldbrook Road East Cadoxton, Barry
Received 7 Oct 2024The White House, Lane - Junction A4226 To Dyffryn Via Little Hamston Farm, Dyffryn
Received 3 Jun 20255, Penyrheol Terrace, Llysworney
Received 29 Mar 2017Curload, Factory Road, Llanblethian, Cowbridge
Received 24 Apr 202416, The Paddocks, Penarth
Received 8 Dec 202023, Clive Place, Penarth
Received 27 Nov 2023Shelter 21m From 3 Picketston Close 5m From Unnamed Road, Eglwys Brewis Road, St Athan
Received 22 Oct 2025District Centre, Barry Waterfront, Barry
Received 13 Nov 2020Barn 2, Lower House Barn, Michaelston Le Pit, Dinas Powys
Received 12 Nov 2020Duffryn House, The Causeway, Llanblethian, Cowbridge
Received 6 Jan 2022Dinas Powys Common (Dinas Powys Cricket Club)
Received 24 Feb 2026The Buffers, Cardiff Road, Cowbridge
Received 2 Nov 202044, The Parade, Barry
Received 16 Aug 2022The Manse, Llancadle Road, Llancadle
Received 7 Jun 202156, Plymouth Road, Penarth
Received 18 Dec 20203 and 4, Eastbrook Close, Dinas Powys
Received 9 Jan 2018Bryn Derw, 110, Plymouth Road, Penarth
Received 8 Sept 20164 Croft Gardens, Sully
Received 16 Sept 20244, Plover Way, Penarth
Received 21 Dec 2021Sancreed, 1 Castle Precinct, Llandough, Cowbridge
Received 12 Mar 2025Shorkot Farmhouse, Leckwith
Received 23 May 201838, Windsor Road, Penarth
Received 22 Jan 2016The Paddock, Picketston House, Picketston, St Athan
Received 1 Dec 2025Dros Y Mor, St. Marys Well Bay Road, Swanbridge
Received 29 Jul 2022Records 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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