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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.
5,643 approved · 1,394 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 16 Mar 2017Pearmat Ltd Pen-y-fan Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 16 Mar 2017Land At Penallta Colliery (Junction Of Merlin Avenue And Phoenix Way) Ystrad Mynach Hengoed
Received 20 Mar 201747 Brynawel Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2EX
Received 21 Mar 201726 Llancayo Street Bargoed CF81 8TG
Received 21 Mar 20175 Llanarth Villas Llanarth Street Brynawel Wattsville Newport NP11 7QX
Received 21 Mar 2017Land At Pen Yr Heol Las Farm Pen-Yr-Heol-Las Farm Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0RQ
Received 17 Mar 2017Land Within Curtilage Of XPO Transport Solutions UK Limited Unit A Distribution Way Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TS
Received 21 Mar 2017The Gatehouse Gwern-y-domen Farm Lane Caerphilly CF83 3RN
Received 22 Mar 2017The Gatehouse Gwern-y-domen Farm Lane Caerphilly CF83 3RN
Received 21 Mar 2017Unit A1 & Alan's MOTs Unit A Pinewood Court (Block A) St Davids Industrial Estate Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SW
Received 21 Mar 2017The Magic Cottage Day Nursery 20 Merthyr Road Princetown Tredegar NP22 3AE
Received 21 Mar 2017Land At Grid Ref 316391 195367 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 24 Mar 2017Land At Grid Ref 316391 195367 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 24 Mar 201720 Thomas Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6NG
Received 24 Mar 201713 Pendinas Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GP
Received 24 Mar 20175 St Ilan's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1EW
Received 24 Mar 2017Newbridge Comprehensive School And Leisure Centre Bridge Street Newbridge NP11 5FR
Received 24 Mar 2017Chris Howell Timber And Landscaping Supplies Land At Grid Ref 314776 187184 Nantgarw Road Factory Access Caerphilly
Received 24 Mar 2017Plant Repair Yard Garth Place To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly
Received 24 Mar 2017The Countryman Hotel Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 25 Mar 2017Mining School Hill Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4AN
Received 27 Mar 20171 Tanybryn Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JP
Received 28 Mar 201770 Glan-y-nant Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LA
Received 27 Mar 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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