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: The Committee approved the application, subject to 16 conditions. The conditions cover a five-year time limit, a programme for affordable housing, roofing slate, landscaping, highways, working hours, heritage and archaeology, and a Welsh name for the estate.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, in line with the Director's recommendation.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to amended conditions 2 and 10 and the removal of condition 16.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, in line with the Director's recommendation.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to a Section 106 agreement. This is a legal agreement between the council and the developer.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, in line with the Director's recommendation.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to the conditions in the report and an additional condition requiring details of boundary treatment to be submitted and approved.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, in line with the Director's recommendation.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to a Section 106 agreement.
Decided: Application P/2024/0223 at Glyn Milwr, Stones Houses, Blaina, was refused planning permission unanimously. The application sought to keep an extension to an existing traveller's site for five family pitches, build a communal utility room block, keep timber fencing, install a private treatment plant with access, and make ecological improvements. Application P/2025/0333 on land at Blaina Road, Brynmawr, was granted planning permission, subject to the conditions in the report, to change the approved plans (condition 2) for Unit 1 of an approved scheme for a drive-thru, pizza restaurant and tanning shop.
Decided: The report was accepted and its information noted. The report lists planning applications decided between 24 November 2025 and 13 January 2026.
RESOLVED: 7.5.1 that the Annual Monitoring Report for the adopted Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan (LDP) be endorsed; 7.5.2 that the findings and evidence contained within the Annual Monitoring Report would be used to inform the preparation of the Revised LDP 2018–2033; 7.5.3 that officers be authorised to make typographical or factual amendments as necessary to improve the clarity and accuracy of the Annual Monitoring Report.
Decided: The sub-committee noted the outcome of the Corporate Joint Committee reports of 23 January 2026 and the next steps for the plan.
Decided: The sub-committee noted the content of the report. It also noted that the task list will inform its work programme and meeting schedule.
Decided: The Committee thanked the Head of Sustainable Development for their time and presentation.
Decided: The meeting resolved that decisions be recorded as shown on the planning application schedule attached as an appendix. That schedule was not in the material provided, so individual decisions cannot be reported here.
Decided: The committee approved application P2024/0543, in line with officers' recommendations and subject to the recommendations in the circulated report.
Decided: The committee approved application P2025/0314, in line with officers' recommendations, subject to the recommendations in the circulated report and the amendment sheet.
Decided: The Committee approved application 24/0220/RVOC, subject to a legal agreement under Section 106 to secure the earlier planning obligations for this permission. A Section 106 agreement is a legal contract between the council and the developer that binds them to obligations linked to the permission.
Decided: The Committee approved application 24/1231/FUL, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: The Committee approved application 25/0881/FUL, subject to an additional condition 12. The condition says the annex in the garden may be used only for purposes ancillary to the main house, meaning purposes linked to the house and secondary to it.
Decided: The Committee approved application 22/0788, adding a requirement to Condition 7 that remedial work be carried out in full compliance with the agreed report. Councillors W Owen and D Grehan put on record that they voted against the approval; Councillor M Powell left the meeting and did not vote.
Decided: The Committee granted application 25/02048/FUL for a proposed 3G pitch, floodlighting, changing rooms and associated works at St Teilos High School, Circle Way East, Llanedeyrn. The minute records the decision as made under the Committee's delegated powers (powers to decide certain matters without a full council vote), in line with the officers' recommendation.