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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.
5,620 approved · 1,394 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 22 Feb 2017Hillcroft Tonypistyll Road Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HJ
Received 22 Feb 2017Newton House 34 Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2BW
Received 21 Feb 2017Full Moon Cottage Full Moon Access Road Wattsville Newport NP11 7BD
Received 23 Feb 2017Land At Westwinds New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 22 Feb 201725 & 27 Kingswood Close (Former Land Adjacent To 23 Kingswood Close) Hengoed CF82 7LU
Received 23 Feb 2017Units A & B 1 Pentrebane Street Caerphilly CF83 1FR
Received 22 Feb 2017Land At Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 23 Feb 2017Land At Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 23 Feb 20171 Westgil Pen Ffordd Blackwood NP12 3QS
Received 24 Feb 2017Land At 3 Rhos Llantwit Caerphilly CF83 3GJ
Received 24 Feb 201790 Abernant Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0QJ
Received 24 Feb 2017Hillside House Craig Llan To Nant-Y-Cwm Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EB
Received 26 Feb 2017Elim Tabernacle Warn's Terrace Abertysswg
Received 27 Feb 201738 Meadow Way Caerphilly CF83 1TQ
Received 27 Feb 201748 New Road Deri Bargoed CF81 9GL
Received 28 Feb 201740 Sunningdale Caerphilly CF83 1BB
Received 27 Feb 2017T G Howell And Sons Limited Clifton Street Rogerstone Risca Newport NP10 9YU
Received 27 Feb 2017Gryphonn Concrete Products Viaduct Works New Road Hengoed CF82 8BG
Received 27 Feb 2017Land At Grid Ref 315476 196261 Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood
Received 24 Feb 2017Land Off Duffryn Road Brynawel Wattsville
Received 27 Feb 2017Pantglas Farm Cefn-Onn Farm Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EJ
Received 27 Feb 2017Plot 7 Redwood Memorial Hospital The Terrace Rhymney
Received 28 Feb 201768 Fairways Bargoed CF81 8TQ
Received 28 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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