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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.
5,782 approved · 1,410 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Courthouse Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FN
Received 8 Aug 2017Unit 32 Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach
Received 8 Aug 201778 Ty Coch Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5DJ
Received 8 Aug 2017Castle Barn Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 3GY
Received 8 Aug 2017Land South Of Glendale (Plot 2 The Paddock) Van Road Caerphilly
Received 8 Aug 2017Units A - F Parc Bedwas 2 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DW
Received 8 Aug 2017Land South Of Glendale (Plot 3 The Paddock) Van Road Caerphilly
Received 9 Aug 2017Land South Of Glendale (Plot 4 The Paddock) Van Road Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 9 Aug 2017Family Shopper 35 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LP
Received 9 Aug 2017Holly Bungalow New Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3QY
Received 9 Aug 2017The Co-operative Food Group Unit A 70 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 11 Aug 2017Shadow Scaffolding Unit B Angel Lane Industrial Estate Angel Lane Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FW
Received 11 Aug 201721 Cilgerran Way Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1GF
Received 12 Aug 201790 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NB
Received 14 Aug 201737 Cwm Braenar Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DS
Received 14 Aug 2017Land Within Curtilage Of Willmayn Gilboa Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NN
Received 14 Aug 201731 Gelli'r Felin Caerphilly CF83 2LF
Received 14 Aug 2017Argoed Baptist Chapel High Street Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HQ
Received 15 Aug 2017Ty Celyn Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6NR
Received 15 Aug 201732 New Road Deri Bargoed CF81 9GJ
Received 14 Aug 20178 Penallta Villas Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GH
Received 15 Aug 201735 Commercial Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6NF
Received 15 Aug 20172 Mayhill Bungalows Blackwood NP12 1EB
Received 15 Aug 20171 Fairfield Cottages Ashfield Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4QU
Received 16 Aug 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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