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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 · Regional authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Welsh Ministers. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jul 2018 to 18 Sept 2024. Most recent record check: 10 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at Gwernigron Farm, The Roe, St Asaph, Denbighshire; Llanelwy, Sir Ddinbych
Received 22 Mar 2021Fferm Cae Ysgubor & Tyddyn Heily, South of Bangor, Gwynedd; Fferm Cae Ysgubor & Tyddyn Heily, i'r de o Fangor, Gwynedd
Received Not publishedLand at Llynfi Power Station north of Bridgend ; Tir yng Ngorsaf Bwer Llynfi i'r gogledd o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr
Received Not publishedBrynrhyd Farm, Near Llanedi, Pontarddulais, Swansea, SA4 0FD; Fferm Brynrhyd, Ger Llanedi, Pontarddulais, Abertawe, SA4 0FD
Received 15 Sept 2021The Valley, Trecwn, Pembrokeshire, SA62 5XX
Received Not publishedLand at Court Farm, Ponthir, Monmouthshire ; Tir yn Court Farm, Ponthir, Sir Fynwy
Received Not publishedTir ar Fferm Brynwell, ar Dir rhwng yr A4232 a Leckwith Village; Land at Brynwell Farm, on Land between the A4232 and Leckwith Village
Received 20 Apr 2021Banc Du energy park (located approximately 500 m to the north-west of Llangurig) to Rhiwlas energy park (approximately 1.5 km to the south-east of Llangurig) to the collector substation (in Bryngwyn)
Received Not published3.7 km east of the settlement of Llansannan and 7.7 km west of the settlement of Denbigh in Conwy ; 3.7 km i'r dwyrain o dref Llansannan a 7.7 km i'r gorllewin o dref Dinbych yn Nhre Conwy
Received Not published2 km south east of the settlement of Gwytherin and 8.5 km east of the settlement of Llanrwst in Conwy ; 2 km i'r de-ddwyrain o setliad Gwytherin ac 8.5 km i'r dwyrain o setliad Llanrwst ym Mhon Conwy
Received Not publishedLand adj. Rassau Industrial Estate, 1.2 km north-west of Rassau, 2.4 km north-west of Ebbw Vale
Received Not publishedProposed Bryn Gilwern Energy Park’s substation to the proposed Towy Usk switching station ; Isorsaf Cynlluniedig Parc Ynni Bryn Gilwern i Orsaf Drosglwyddo Towy Usk a gynigir
Received Not publishedMorlais Demonstration Zone, Anglesey; Parth Arddangos Morlais, Ynys Mon
Received Not publishedLand off Newlands Road, Cardiff; Tir oddi ar Newlands Road, Caerdydd
Received 3 Sept 2020Land to the East of Crynant, Neath Port Talbot
Received Not publishedPen-y-Cae, Port Talbot, 550m North of the village of Goytre and c. 1.4km to the south of the village of Cwmafan.
Received Not publishedOverhead Line from the proposed Lan Fawr Energy Park to a proposed new substation near Carmarthen
Received Not publishedCalon y Gwynt, Caersws, Powys, Wales, SY17 5NE
Received Not publishedLand approximately 11km north-west of Llanidloes
Received Not publishedLand between the M4 motorway and the South Wales Main Line railway, near Llanwern, Underwood and Bishton ; Tir rhwng traffordd yr M4 a rheilffordd Prif Linell De Cymru, ger Llanwern, Underwood a Bishton
Received Not publishedLand to the North of Llanbrynmair, SY21 0EQ
Received Not publishedAberedw Hill, 3 km east of Builth Wells, Powys (Grid Ref: SO 09599 48767) ; Bryn Aberedw, 3 Km i'r dwyrain o Llanfair-ym-Muallt, Powys (Cyfeirnod Grid: SO 09599 48767)
Received Not publishedApproximately 9 sites between Junction 34 of the M4 and St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Received Not publishedThe Old Power Station Llangynwyd, Bridgend CF32 8UE
Received 28 Jul 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Welsh Ministers, 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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