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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.
5,601 approved · 1,392 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pencoedcae Farm Pencoedcae Farm Lane Princetown Tredegar NP22 3AF
Received 3 Feb 20171 Court Road Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2QW
Received 3 Feb 20174 Virginia View Caerphilly CF83 3JA
Received 3 Feb 2017Land At Rhyswg Fach Farm Lane Cwmcarn
Received 6 Feb 2017Little Paddock 2 Graig Hir Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1JA
Received 7 Feb 2017Blanch House Corbetts Lane Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HX
Received 17 Feb 2017Bryndu Farm Pant-Du Road To Tydu Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 7 Feb 2017Unit C Maerdy Industrial Estate (South) Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PH
Received 7 Feb 2017Hafod Care Ty Penrhos 2 Beddau Way Caerphilly CF83 2AX
Received 8 Feb 2017Cefn Rhos Y Bedd Farm Old Pant Road Pantside Newport NP11 5DN
Received 8 Feb 201761 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LP
Received 8 Feb 201768 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 9 Feb 2017Millview Lodge New Bryngwyn Road Newbridge
Received 7 Feb 201780 Sir Stafford Close Caerphilly CF83 3BB
Received 9 Feb 2017Bryn Meadows Golf Club And Country Hotel Mountain Road Maesycwmmer To Machen Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7SN
Received 9 Feb 20173 Melville Terrace Caerphilly CF83 3HE
Received 9 Feb 2017Trinity Fields School And Resource Centre Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XW
Received 8 Feb 2017Land To The South Of The Glade Wyllie Blackwood
Received 10 Feb 2017152 Maes Glas Caerphilly CF83 1JW
Received 10 Feb 2017Ty Rhiw Farm (Former Land At Grid Ref 320573 198530 Crumlin Cricket Ground Access) William Street Treowen Newport NP11 3DT
Received 10 Feb 20171 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EH
Received 13 Feb 201732 School Street Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6DN
Received 13 Feb 2017Land At Ogilvie Terrace Deri Bargoed
Received 13 Feb 2017Land Adjacent To Tir Rhos Railway Terrace Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0SJ
Received 10 Feb 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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