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 | 99 | 89 |
| Caerphilly | 95 | 0 |
| Gwynedd | 65 | 51 |
| Wrexham | 59 | 43 |
| Pembrokeshire | 58 | 51 |
| Denbighshire | 38 | 32 |
| Carmarthenshire | 25 | 21 |
| Bridgend | 24 | 0 |
| Powys | 21 | 11 |
| Ceredigion | 20 | 11 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 20 | 18 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 19 | 17 |
| Cardiff | 18 | 17 |
| Newport | 18 | 12 |
| Conwy | 18 | 18 |
| Swansea | 16 | 16 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 15 | 11 |
| Torfaen | 14 | 13 |
| Monmouthshire | 13 | 10 |
| Flintshire | 10 | 6 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 5 | 5 |
Decided: Consent was granted to modify the Section 106 planning obligation dated 7 November 2017 (planning permission 2014/0977). The 15 affordable homes can now be managed by a registered social landlord as mixed tenure.
Decided: Planning permission was granted for all three applications, each by unanimous vote. Application P/2025/0003 at Y Plas Aneurin, Willowtown, is retrospective, meaning the home was already in use before applying, and officers may add a condition to control its Class C2 (residential care) use. Application P/2025/0336 for 26 homes at the former County Hotel, Western Terrace, Ebbw Vale, is subject to a Section 106 agreement (a legal deal on planning obligations), and officers may refuse it if meaningful progress is not made within six months. Application P/2026/0015 at Mountain View, Highfield, Blaina, was granted with an added note on highway safety when leaving the property, and Councillor Baldwin, the ward member, did not take part in the vote.
Decided: The committee accepted the report and noted the information in it.
Decided: The Sub Committee granted the variation to condition 9, subject to two additional conditions. The first says there will be no exiting from the Westgate Street doors on major event days after 9pm. The second requires a documented door management plan to reduce disturbance to nearby residents, kept on the premises for inspection by authorised officers. The minute also says the Sub Committee resolved to amend the applicant's proposed wording to read “entrance/egress to and from the premises”, but it does not give the full revised condition.
Decided: The committee approved application P2025/0604 for a first-floor extension at Uphill House, Resolven. It voted against the officers' recommendation to refuse. It also gave planning officers delegated authority, meaning power to act without a further committee vote, to set any conditions the approval needs.
Decided: Members resolved to approve the application, contrary to officers' recommendation to refuse. Conditions: the permission lasts five years; the work must follow the approved plans; and when the medical use ends, the unit must return to office, general industrial or storage use (use classes B1, B2 or B8).
Decided: Members resolved to delegate powers to the Head of Environment Department to refuse the application. Delegated powers mean officers, not Members, issue the formal refusal. The two reasons are: first, the design, layout, scale and mass do not enhance the character of the site or fit the streetscape in this prominent part of Criccieth, contrary to policies PCYFF 2 and PCYFF 3 and Technical Advice Note 12 on design; second, the scale, mass, location and features would have an intrusive and domineering effect on neighbouring properties, contrary to criterion 7 of policy PCYFF 2.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.
Decided: The Committee refused the application.
Decided: Cabinet agreed the strategic approach to develop an additional Green Crematorium and Wake facility. It delegated authority to the Director of Planning, Transport & Environment, with the Cabinet Member for Waste, Street Scene & Environmental Services, the Corporate Director for Resources and the Director of Governance and Legal Services, to fund a formal pre-application enquiry on the Dutch Garden Centre site, develop a business case with extensive consultation, and submit a full planning application to Planning Committee in early 2027. Cabinet noted that a further report will come to Cabinet in spring or summer 2027.
Decided: Cabinet noted progress with the implementation and monitoring of the Local Development Plan.
Decided: The Committee granted consent, subject to the conditions in the officer's report and the completion and signing of a Section 106 agreement, a legal contract that binds the developer to agreed obligations.
Decided: The Committee refused application 20-001VG to register the former primary school playing field at Bronllys as a town or village green, a status that gives the public a right to use the land for recreation.
Decided: The committee adjourned the application for legal reasons. It will be considered at a future meeting.
Decided: The Committee granted the application for 64 College Road, Llandaff North, which changes a 2021 approval by extending the implementation period by five years and altering the width of the extension. It granted the mixed-use development at Plots 4 and 5, Central Square, Cathays, subject to a Section 106 agreement, which is a legal agreement with the developer. It granted the reserved matters application for Channel View Road, Grangetown, subject to a new condition 11 on gates and barriers on footpaths.