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 resolved to grant planning permission for application PL/09928, subject to the conditions in the report and the addendum, which are extra papers issued before the meeting.
Decided: The Panel voted, by three votes to two with one abstention, to remove the application from the scheme of delegation so that the Planning Committee will consider it, because Criterion 2 had been met. For: Councillors Phil Kidney, David Simpson and Vanessa Thomas. Against: Councillors Di Clements and Huw Murphy. Councillor Tessa Hodgson abstained.
Decided: The Cabinet agreed to recommend to Council that the Annual Monitoring Report be endorsed. It also agreed that its findings will inform evidence gathering for the Revised LDP 2018-2033, and that officers may make typographical or factual amendments.
Decided: The committee approved the application, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: The committee approved the application, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: The committee approved the application, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: The committee approved the application without requiring a Section 106 agreement, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: The committee approved the application, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: The minute lists both applications under 'Applications granted', in line with officers' recommendations. Application 5a, at 6-8 Beulah Road, would vary the conditions of an earlier permission.
Decided: The Committee reaffirmed its November decision to be minded to grant conditional planning permission, subject to a Section 106 agreement (a legal deal) covering affordable housing and commuted sums, which are payments made instead of building on site. Requested by Planning Policy and Highways, these are payments the applicant must make. The Development and Building Control Manager will issue the decision under delegated powers.
Decided: After a site inspection, the Committee objected to the proposal on the grounds of landscape and visual impacts and the setting of listed buildings. It authorised the Development and Building Control Manager to make detailed comments on the pre-application consultation and, once a planning application is made, further comments and a Local Impact Report, which is the council's formal account of a proposal's local effects.
Decided: Granted in line with officer recommendations, by 14 votes for, none against and none abstaining. Condition 7 requires the site access to be substantially completed before other works begin; Condition 19 requires an audit of materials on site and details of how they will be reused.
Decided: Granted in line with officer recommendations, by 14 votes for, none against and none abstaining. A condition limits occupation of the site to the applicant, Mr Stephen Miller, and any resident dependants.
Decided: Members noted the report on the change to planning fees. The minute records no vote.
AGREED to note the planning appeals received and that a workshop/briefing session would be arranged to discuss the content of the inspector report in detail. The Corporate Lead Officer for Economy & Regeneration and Service Manager, Development Management summarised the reasons the planning inspectorate had approved the application.
RESOLVED to note the schedule of planning applications dealt with the Report of the Corporate Lead Officer – Economy and Regeneration.
AGREED to note the letter received from Welsh Government regarding the Town and Country Planning (development management procedure) (Wales) order 2012 – direction under article 18(1)E rection of a poultry unit including silos and all associated works Tynant, Talybont, Ceredigion, Application no. A211093 It was reported that the application had been submitted a while ago, however had been held in abeyance for a considerable period for additional information which had never materialised. To date, the additional information remained outstanding. In the meantime, the Welsh Government had come back to the authority in the past month, and they had resolved to call in the application, therefore the application would be determined by them.
Decided: The committee approved the application, subject to the recommendations in the circulated report.
RESOLVED that in accordance with Section 106 [8] Local Government Pension Scheme [LGPS] Regulations 2013 the Board goes into the confidential agenda with the public and press being excluded as some of the information may relate to financial or business affairs of a particular person or organisation.
Decided: The Committee decided to approve the application with conditions. The conditions cover matters such as materials, highway safety, drainage and protecting the clawdd (a traditional hedge bank).
Decided: The Committee decided to refuse the application. It gave these reasons: harm to the landscape of the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB, a protected landscape), loss of good farmland that had not been fully considered, and not enough information on the extra sewage flow.
Decided: The Committee decided to approve the application with conditions. The conditions limit the site to business, general industrial and storage uses (use classes B1, B2 and B8), require biodiversity measures and protect Welsh Water's pipes.
Decided: The Committee decided to approve the application, subject to conditions. The conditions cover the permitted use, flood measures, opening hours of 07:00 to 23:00, noise limits with a noise survey within three months of opening, and bilingual signs.
Decided: The Committee decided to defer the application. Deferring means it will return later, and members asked for more evidence of need under policy TAI 8, which covers the mix of housing.
Decided: The Committee decided to approve the application, subject to 18 conditions. The conditions limit the site to four portable units and one toilet unit, restrict use to holidays, require units to be removed out of season, and set landscaping, lighting and hedge relocation measures.