CAERAU planning approval rate
Approval rate withheld for Cardiff. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. Decisions appear materially undercaptured in the published record. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
Last updated: September 2026
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ward approval rate
44
Decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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Cardiff average
PlanningLens is currently withholding approval rates for Cardiff, so no ward comparison is published for CAERAU. Decision volumes are still shown.
How CAERAU compares
CAERAU ward
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Cardiff overall
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Recent decisions in CAERAU
Proposed single-storey rear extension · Wed 09 Sep 2026
Interior alterations for new type of religious service, and single storey rear e · Tue 28 Jul 2026
Interior alterations for new type of religious service, and single storey rear e · Tue 28 Jul 2026
What gets approved near your property?
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Cardiff
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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