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Councils have been deciding individual planning applications and progressing local development plan work, including annual monitoring reports due with Welsh Government by 31 October 2026.[1][3]
Written in November 2026 from council records since 20 September 2026, open consultations and official sources. Written automatically, then checked: every point names its sources and every figure appears in them. Follow the links to check anything before relying on it.
Councils decide planning applications for new buildings, extensions and changes of use, and write the local development plan that says where new homes and jobs can go. National parks decide applications inside their boundaries.
Planning officers decide most applications. Larger or disputed ones go to the planning committee of councillors, which meets in public.
Anyone can comment on an application while it's open, usually for 21 days. Stick to planning matters such as traffic, design, noise and overlooking.
| Council | Items | With a decision |
|---|---|---|
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 103 | 93 |
| Caerphilly | 96 | 0 |
| Gwynedd | 65 | 50 |
| Wrexham | 59 | 43 |
| Pembrokeshire | 57 | 51 |
| Denbighshire | 39 | 33 |
| Carmarthenshire | 26 | 21 |
| Bridgend | 24 | 0 |
| Powys | 21 | 11 |
| Ceredigion | 21 | 12 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 20 | 18 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 19 | 17 |
| Cardiff | 19 | 18 |
| Newport | 18 | 12 |
| Conwy | 18 | 18 |
| Swansea | 16 | 16 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 16 | 11 |
| Torfaen | 14 | 12 |
| Monmouthshire | 13 | 10 |
| Flintshire | 10 | 6 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 5 | 5 |
Decided: Members supported the officer recommendation to keep the 2026-2041 Plan period. Members generally supported the principle of a joint settlement hierarchy, which ranks towns and villages by the services they have: Regional Hubs, Key Service Centres and Local and Rural Settlements. They agreed to consider the hierarchy further at future Member sessions before it is finalised. The Panel agreed that its next formal meeting would be in June, after the 2027 local elections, unless an earlier meeting was needed.
Decided: Council unanimously approved the 2026 Annual Monitoring Report and its submission to the Welsh Government by 31 October 2026.
Decided: The Council unanimously agreed to approve the draft Delivery Agreement (2026-2041) for six weeks of public consultation. It noted that officers will report back with the consultation responses and a revised final agreement, and delegated minor final corrections to the Torfaen Team Leader, Planning Policy & Implementation.
Decided: The Council unanimously agreed, subject to Blaenau Gwent Council confirming its decision to enter the agreement, to prepare a joint Local Development Plan. It also authorised the Monitoring Officer to change the Constitution and officers to conclude the necessary agreements.
Decided: Members unanimously approved the application, subject to the conditions in the report. Conditions are the terms the approval must follow.
Decided: Members voted 8 to 1 to authorise officers to negotiate and complete a Section 106 agreement covering the matters in the report. The decision on the wind farm itself rests with the Planning Inspectorate.
Decided: Members agreed, by 7 votes to 2, to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report. Conditions are the rules attached to a planning permission.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report.
Decided: Members agreed, by 9 votes to 1, to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed that, once a Section 106 agreement on the matters in the report is completed, the Group Leader (Development Management) be authorised to grant permission. This is subject to the conditions in the report or any changes to them that the Group Leader considers necessary.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the application for a two-year temporary permission, subject to the conditions in the report.
Decided: Members agreed, by six votes to one, to authorise the Group Leader (Development Management) to grant permission once a Section 106 agreement (a legal deal under which the developer pays for local improvements) is completed, subject to the conditions in the report.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. The minute records no decision on the application itself. The Principal Planner would pass the committee's concerns to the Planning Inspectorate.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. The minute records no decision on the application. The minute says the concerns raised were noted for the Inspector's consideration.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report.
Decided: Members unanimously approved the application, subject to the conditions in the report. A new condition bars dispensing of prescription medication at Unit 3A.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. They asked that their concerns be passed on to PEDW, the body that decides applications of this kind.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. They asked that their concerns be reiterated to PEDW, the body that decides applications of this kind.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the discharge of Condition 3, based on preferred options P, F and G in the Temporary Prohibition of Pedestrians Statement and the Arboricultural Assessment Report.
Decided: Council unanimously agreed to adopt the Updated Planning Obligations SPG: Annex 1 on Affordable Housing, July 2025. It also delegated powers to the Team Leader, Planning Policy & Implementation, to make any necessary factual updates to all adopted SPGs.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the non-material amendment application.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. The minute records no decision on whether to grant permission.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. The minute records no decision on whether to grant permission.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed that, once a Section 106 agreement (a legal deal binding the applicant to agreed obligations) is complete, the Group Leader (Development Management) may grant permission, subject to the conditions in the report or any changes he considers necessary.
Decided: Members agreed to note the report. The minute records no decision on the application.
Decided: Members voted 9 to 1 to defer the application for a site visit.
Decided: Members unanimously agreed to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report.