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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.
5,748 approved · 1,403 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Ramson Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8LB
Received 30 Jun 2017Sunningdale 244 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 30 Jun 201747 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 3 Jul 2017River Ebbw Rail Bridge Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin
Received 28 Jun 2017Hazelwood Waterloo Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NJ
Received 3 Jul 2017Penrhiw Fach House Rhiw Syr Dafydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JJ
Received 4 Jul 2017Robert Price (Builders Merchants) Ltd 145 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3TD
Received 4 Jul 2017Treharne 103 High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HB
Received 4 Jul 201718 Derwyn Las Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HS
Received 4 Jul 2017Annexe Smugglers Run Pen-Deri Farm Lane Argoed NP12 0HU
Received 3 Jul 201712 Llanddwyn Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AS
Received 5 Jul 20171 The Lawn Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LS
Received 29 Jun 2017Johns Cafe 16 Commercial Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DX
Received 5 Jul 201717 Cheriton Avenue Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JA
Received 5 Jul 2017Land At Former White Hart Inn Newbridge Road Pontllanfraith
Received 3 Jul 201762 Sycamore Court Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0DA
Received 5 Jul 2017Cwmcarn Forest Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn
Received 5 Jul 2017C Block Coleg Y Cymoedd - Ystrad Mynach Campus Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 6 Jul 201728 Oakdale Terrace Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DG
Received 4 Jul 2017Land At Old Brewery Lane Rhymney Tredegar
Received 5 Jul 201723 Glyn Derwen Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PQ
Received 7 Jul 2017Land Adjoining GLJ Recycling Ltd Chapel Bridge Yard Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NL
Received 5 Jul 2017Land At Hillary Rise Pontywaun Newport NP11 7BL
Received 7 Jul 201719A Cwm Braenar Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DS
Received 7 Jul 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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