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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.
5,564 approved · 1,384 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj To 75 Upper Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EA
Received 12 Dec 2016Cruglwyn Manmoel Road Manmoel NP12 0GD
Received 13 Dec 2016Premier Travel Inn Unit 2 Crossways Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3NL
Received 13 Dec 2016Fochriw Community Centre Pontlottyn Road To Brook Row Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LL
Received 13 Dec 201669 Bedwellty Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3HB
Received 13 Dec 201622 Ffos Y Cerridden Nelson Treharris CF46 6HQ
Received 14 Dec 201612 The Avenue Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JY
Received 15 Dec 2016Cefn Fawr Farm Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 15 Dec 2016Panteg Hotel The Square Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DH
Received 15 Dec 2016Land Adjacent To Rose Cottage 5 Old Brewery Lane Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HT
Received 15 Dec 2016Land At Pen-Yr-Heol-Las Manmoel Road Manmoel NP12 0RQ
Received 23 Dec 2016SkyFall Mountain Road Thornhill Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 16 Dec 2016Sunnybank 7 Cwm-nant-yr-odyn Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DU
Received 16 Dec 201610 Llanfabon Drive Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8GJ
Received 16 Dec 201625 Cefn Mably Park Michaelston-Y-Fedw Cardiff CF3 6AA
Received 15 Dec 2016Unit 7 Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QT
Received 16 Dec 201613 Lon Isaf Caerphilly CF83 1BT
Received 16 Dec 2016Wyrloed Bungalow Manmoel Village Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0RL
Received 20 Dec 2016Pen-deri Farm Pen-Deri Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0JA
Received 19 Dec 2016The Coal Yard Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EH
Received 19 Dec 2016Greenfly Social Club & Cats House Newport Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8BJ
Received 20 Dec 2016Land Adjacent To Beechgrove Virginia Park Golf Club And Driving Range Virginia Park Caerphilly CF83 3SN
Received 19 Dec 2016Greenroofs 5 St David's Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3TY
Received 19 Dec 2016Rose Cottage 8 Upper Ochrwyth Ochrwyth Newport NP11 6EQ
Received 19 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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