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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.
5,713 approved · 1,402 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Heol-Y-Ddol Caerphilly CF83 3JF
Received 6 Jun 201736 Van Road Caerphilly CF83 1LB
Received 6 Jun 201730 Meadow Way Caerphilly CF83 1TQ
Received 6 Jun 20173 The Avenue Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HJ
Received 5 Jun 2017Land At Corner Of Central Avenue Ivy Place Oakdale Blackwood
Received 6 Jun 2017Tyr Hendre Pant-Du Road To Tydu Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 5 Jun 201731 Is-Fryn Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5DP
Received 6 Jun 2017Annexe Ty Coppi Farm Twyn-gwyn Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7AY
Received 7 Jun 2017Acorn Cottage Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4GY
Received 6 Jun 2017Ty Treharne Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 7 Jun 20174 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 7 Jun 201722 Heol Brynteg Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EY
Received 7 Jun 2017Former Gardd Y Craig 106 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca
Received 8 Jun 2017Land Off Commercial Street Glan-Yr-Afon Lane Fleur-de-lis
Received 8 Jun 201743 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca NP11 6AW
Received 9 Jun 201743 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca
Received 9 Jun 2017Land At Grid Ref 315767 196077 Beili Glas Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood
Received 10 Jun 2017Cleveland 5 Underwood Caerphilly CF83 1HW
Received 10 Jun 2017Penrhiw Fach House Rhiw Syr Dafydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JJ
Received 12 Jun 2017The Dell 3 Warren Drive Caerphilly CF83 1HQ
Received 12 Jun 2017Tegfan 18 Underwood Caerphilly CF83 1HW
Received 12 Jun 201716 Hadrian's Close Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8DU
Received 12 Jun 2017Springfield Boarding Kennels Penpedairheol Farm Cwmalsie Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2QT
Received 12 Jun 2017Penpedairheol Farm Cwmalsie Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2QT
Received 12 Jun 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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