CATHAYS 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
396
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 CATHAYS. Decision volumes are still shown.
How CATHAYS compares
CATHAYS ward
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Cardiff overall
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Recent decisions in CATHAYS
Proposed installation of two air source heat pump outdoor units · Fri 25 Sep 2026
Conversion of a disused D1 Building (Office) to 3 x C4 HMO Units and 1 x Sui Gen · Fri 25 Sep 2026
Conversion to three flats with ground floor rear extension and dormer loft conve · Fri 25 Sep 2026
Ground and first floor extension, dormer loft extension and conversion to C4 Hou · Thu 24 Sep 2026
Use of the property as a Sui Generis House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). · Tue 22 Sep 2026
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