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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.
5,561 approved · 1,383 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Aberbargoed Primary School Heol Ysgol Newydd Aberbargoed CF81 9DD
Received 2 Dec 2016Ystrad Mynach Sports & Social Club 38 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AN
Received 2 Dec 20164 Clos Cae Mawr Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TH
Received 5 Dec 2016Ty Canol Farm Mountain Road Abertridwr To Hendredenny Park Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2RL
Received 5 Dec 2016Coleg Y Cymoedd - C Block Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XR
Received 6 Dec 2016Land At Pen Yr Heol Las Farm Pen-Yr-Heol-Las Farm Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0RQ
Received 30 Nov 201651 Small Meadow Court Caerphilly CF83 3RT
Received 6 Dec 201647 Pen-Y-Dre Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5DL
Received 2 Dec 2016Land At Pen Bryn Oer Merthyr Road Rhymney Tredegar
Received 30 Nov 20166 George Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7BJ
Received 2 Dec 2016Greenways 1 Underwood Avenue Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PT
Received 6 Dec 2016The Rolling Mill Inn 88 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6EE
Received 7 Dec 2016Cherry Lyn New Bryngwyn Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NF
Received 7 Dec 2016Millview Lodge New Bryngwyn Road Newbridge NP11 4NF
Received 2 Dec 2016126 Heol-Y-Ddol Caerphilly CF83 3JN
Received 8 Dec 2016Land Adjacent To Pen Bryn Oer Wind Farm Rhymney Tredegar
Received 5 Dec 201666 Hanbury Street Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XP
Received 8 Dec 2016Former Maerdy Car Sales Maerdy House Wellington Way Rhymney
Received 8 Dec 20167 Haines Close Caerphilly CF83 1SY
Received 9 Dec 2016Darran Solar Park (Former Land At Darran Farm) Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 9 Dec 2016Glyn Gwyn Farm High Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8FU
Received 9 Dec 2016Land At Tyn Y Wern Terrace Trethomas Caerphilly
Received 9 Dec 2016Oakdale Hotel Central Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LW
Received 12 Dec 201692 Greenfield Street New Tredegar NP24 6LH
Received 9 Dec 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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