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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.
5,797 approved · 1,411 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coed Y Brain Barn Commin Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9EB
Received 23 Aug 201764 Drum Tower View Caerphilly CF83 2XW
Received 23 Aug 2017Chapel Cottage Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EU
Received 24 Aug 2017Land At Grid Ref 315319 197123 Glan-Yr-Afon Lane Fleur-de-lis
Received 24 Aug 2017Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 25 Aug 2017Land To The Rear Of 20 Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 23 Aug 2017W H Smith And Post Office Unit 4 Castle Court Caerphilly CF83 1NU
Received 25 Aug 2017W H Smith And Post Office Unit 4 Castle Court Caerphilly CF83 1NU
Received 25 Aug 2017Land At Grid Ref 316141 187583 Bedwas Road North Ul Caerphilly
Received 29 Aug 2017192 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EP
Received 30 Aug 2017Land At Grid Ref 313066 197010 Penywrlod Gelligaer CF82 8ED
Received 30 Aug 2017Cellnet Communication Mast Wellington Way Rhymney
Received 30 Aug 2017Unit 4A And 5 (Unit 1-5) Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 31 Aug 201750 Gellideg Isaf Rise Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RB
Received 31 Aug 2017Former Somerfield Stores Unit A 12 The Market Place Blackwood
Received 31 Aug 2017134 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1AP
Received 1 Sept 2017Former Somerfield Stores Unit A 12 The Market Place Blackwood
Received 1 Sept 20173 King Street Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HL
Received 1 Sept 2017Tesco Stores Ltd Unit C Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NP
Received 1 Sept 2017Unit 3 And 4 Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QT
Received 1 Sept 2017Unit 3 And 4 Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QT
Received 1 Sept 2017Castle House Southern Street Caerphilly CF83 1LH
Received 4 Sept 201718 Fernlea Risca Newport NP11 6FW
Received 5 Sept 2017Seda UK Ltd Salvatore D'Amato Court 8 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EU
Received 22 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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