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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Caerphilly County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,480 approved · 1,376 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2015 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
25 & 27 Kingswood Close (Former Land Adjacent To 23 Kingswood Close) Hengoed CF82 7LU
Received 6 Oct 201636 Castle Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UH
Received 6 Oct 201614 Ashgrove Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6LS
Received 7 Oct 2016Land At Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Bedwellty NP12 0BD
Received 7 Oct 20166 Llanfedw Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3NP
Received 7 Oct 201630 Newport Road Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8DA
Received 7 Oct 2016Land North Of 260 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly
Received 7 Oct 2016Land At Former Coal Yard Llancaiach View Nelson Treharris CF46 6EX
Received 7 Oct 201612 Clos Graddfa Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DL
Received 5 Oct 2016Land Adjoining 201 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AR
Received 4 Oct 2016Ty Cwtch 19 Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood
Received 4 Oct 2016JB Stables Pontgam Lane Ynysddu Newport NP11 7DP
Received 10 Oct 2016Land Adjacent To 26 Gelynos Avenue Argoed
Received 10 Oct 2016Land On The Eastern Side Of Pleasant View To Station Row Tirphil New Tredegar
Received 7 Oct 2016Land Adjacent To A469 Tirphil New Tredegar
Received 7 Oct 2016Land North Of Coedcae Tirphil New Tredegar
Received 10 Oct 201614A Brynheulog Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4RG
Received 6 Oct 2016Unit 2 Fern Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EH
Received 11 Oct 2016Nelson Rugby Football Club And Llwyn-yr-eos Playing Field Heol Llyswen Nelson Treharris
Received 11 Oct 2016Land Adjacent To 60 Abernant Road Markham Blackwood
Received 6 Oct 2016Hen Faes 88 High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HB
Received 11 Oct 2016Bowen Contractors Ltd Berthgron - Panthraillan Quarry Tydu Road Nelson Treharris
Received 11 Oct 2016Bowen Contractors Ltd Berthgron - Panthraillan Quarry Tydu Road Nelson
Received 11 Oct 2016Gwaun-y-bara Pentwyngwyn Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DG
Received 11 Oct 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Caerphilly County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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