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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.
5,581 approved · 1,388 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenacres Rudry Road Porset Caerphilly CF83 3DT
Received 10 Jan 2017Land Off Bedwas Road (Unit 1 Greenway) Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8XP
Received 10 Jan 2017Land At Penmaen House Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DT
Received 10 Jan 2017Spar Stores 110 Newport Road Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7LZ
Received 10 Jan 2017One Pentref-y-groes Farm Pentref-Y-Groes Farm Lane East Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BT
Received 10 Jan 20174 Gordon Close Blackwood NP12 1EP
Received 11 Jan 2017Broomwood Newport Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8RA
Received 11 Jan 2017Land Adjacent To Plas Newydd Bungalow Field Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PQ
Received 12 Jan 2017Premier Travel Inn Unit 2 Crossways Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3NL
Received 12 Jan 20175 St Margarets Road Caerphilly CF83 1DB
Received 12 Jan 20176 Celyn Grove Caerphilly CF83 3FN
Received 12 Jan 20172 Ty Nant Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2RA
Received 13 Jan 201711 Maes-Y-Drudwen Caerphilly CF83 2QG
Received 12 Jan 201788 Thomas Street New Tredegar NP24 6AF
Received 12 Jan 201718 Ludlow Street Caerphilly CF83 1GG
Received 13 Jan 201766 Twyncarn Road Pontywaun Newport NP11 7DU
Received 16 Jan 2017Glanhaul Southend Terrace Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9RL
Received 16 Jan 201738 Station Street Pentwynmawr Newport NP11 4HQ
Received 16 Jan 201717 Cwrt Nant-Y-Felin Caerphilly CF83 1TP
Received 17 Jan 20171 - 32 Starling Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BH
Received 17 Jan 201724 Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EB
Received 17 Jan 20173 Clos Gwynle Caerphilly CF83 1TU
Received 17 Jan 2017Mandalay 10 Gellihaf Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UY
Received 17 Jan 2017Santander 148 High Street Blackwood NP12 1YZ
Received 19 Jan 2017Records 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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