Full approval rate in Cardiff
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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full approval rate
1,250
Full decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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Cardiff overall
How full compares in Cardiff
Full
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Cardiff all types
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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
Free. Based on 2,048 decisions.
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Other application types in Cardiff
Trees
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Other
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Full
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Certificate of Lawfulness
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Advertisement
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Discharge of Conditions
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Listed Building
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Prior Approval
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