Prior Approval 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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prior approval approval rate
43
Prior Approval decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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Cardiff overall
How prior approval compares in Cardiff
Prior Approval
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Cardiff all types
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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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Discharge of Conditions
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Listed Building
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Prior Approval
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