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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 | 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 minute records that decisions were recorded as shown in Appendix A to the minutes. That appendix is not among the papers provided, so the individual decisions cannot be reported here. The Planning and Development Manager was authorised to draft any amendments to, or additional conditions for, the decisions.
Decided: Approved, subject to a deed of variation to the Section 106 agreement. Condition 5 was amended so that the Operational Management Plan must include provision for 24-hour management and support at all times. The plan must be approved in writing before the building is occupied.
Decided: Members approved the application on the grounds of financial reasons and the exceptional nature of the business. A Section 106 agreement will be entered into. The application will go to Council for final decision, subject to the conditions in section 5.6 of the report.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to the conditions in section 1.1 of the report. Eleven members voted in favour and one, Councillor Alan Dennison, against.
Decided: The Committee refused the application for the reason in section 1.1 of the report, which concerns nitrogen discharges into the Milford Haven Inner water body. Eleven members voted for refusal and one, Councillor John Cole, against.
Decided: The Committee deferred the application so members can visit the site. Twelve members voted in favour, and none against.
Decided: The Committee gave delegated power to the Head of Planning to approve the application, subject to a Section 106 agreement that stops the holiday unit being separated from the farm, and to the conditions in section 1.1 of the report. Eleven members voted in favour, and none against.
Decided: Councillors approved the revised Delivery Agreement for submission to Welsh Government for formal approval. They also approved the Deposit RLDP and its supporting documents, including the draft Green Infrastructure Strategy and draft Healthy Placemaking Supplementary Planning Guidance, for public consultation. The vote was 27 for, 23 against and 1 abstention.
Decided: The committee approved the application with conditions. The conditions include a five-year time limit, residential use only (C3 use, the planning class for homes), an affordable housing condition, and opaque glass in the first three ground-floor windows of the extension.
Decided: The committee approved the 40-year temporary permission with 15 conditions. These include noise limits and monitoring, a revised Landscape and Ecology Management Plan, a Welsh name with bilingual signs giving priority to Welsh, an archaeology programme, and restoration of the site when operation ends.
Decided: The committee refused the application after a motion to defer it was defeated in a vote. The reason given was that the battery system would harm the landscape by putting an industrial element on open grassland in a prominent place visible from Eryri National Park, which is contrary to policies ISA 1, ADN 3, PCYFF 1, PCYFF 2 and PCYFF 4 of the Local Development Plan.
Decided: The committee deferred the application to 23 March 2026, to give the agent time to submit more information on some technical matters.
Decided: The committee approved the application, subject to the conditions in the report, a Section 106 agreement and an amendment to Condition 24. The minute says officers will change Condition 24 from 'development shall not commence' to 'prior to beneficial occupation'.
Decided: The Committee voted 6 to 5, with one abstention, to recommend that the Deposit Plan and its supporting documents go out for public consultation. The supporting documents are the draft Green Infrastructure Strategy and the draft Healthy Placemaking Supplementary Planning Guidance.
Decided: The Committee noted the report.
Decided: The Committee refused permission. The reason given is that insufficient information had been submitted to show the development would not cause unacceptable pollution, which is contrary to policy GDP1(f) of the Wrexham Unitary Development Plan, the council's main planning policy document.
Decided: The Committee granted permission in line with the officer recommendation.
Decided: The Committee granted permission in line with the officer recommendation.
Decided: Council approved the revised Conwy Local Development Plan delivery agreement for submission to the Welsh Government and formal publication. It gave delegated authority, meaning power to act without a further meeting, to the Head of Regulatory Services and the Cabinet Member for Finance and Strategic Planning to make non-fundamental changes for accuracy before publication.
Decided: The committee agreed to defer application FUL/000580/25 for 47 Dee View Road, Connah's Quay. Deferral means the decision is put off to a later meeting.