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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.
5,821 approved · 1,417 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 St Margarets Road Caerphilly CF83 1DB
Received 21 Sept 2017Van Mansion Gwern-y-domen Farm Lane Caerphilly CF83 3RN
Received 21 Sept 2017Van Mansion Gwern-y-domen Farm Lane Caerphilly CF83 3RN
Received 21 Sept 2017Castle Manor Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1BW
Received 21 Sept 201730 Crown Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GD
Received 21 Sept 2017Plot 2 Land At Grid Ref 311590 195097 Heol Fawr Nelson
Received 22 Sept 201715 New Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7GU
Received 22 Sept 20172 Underwood Terrace Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BQ
Received 22 Sept 201729 Cotswold Way Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6QT
Received 22 Sept 2017Nisa Local 61 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LP
Received 25 Sept 2017Nisa Local 61 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LP
Received 25 Sept 20175 Gellideg Lane Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7SD
Received 25 Sept 20179 Waunfawr Park Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PH
Received 25 Sept 201727 Homeleigh Newbridge Newport NP11 4RQ
Received 25 Sept 201720 Cefn Mably Park Michaelston-Y-Fedw Cardiff CF3 6AA
Received 25 Sept 20173 Pendarren Street Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BZ
Received 4 Oct 2017Land At Grid Ref 322085 192612 Trinity Hill Gelli-Unig Place Pontywaun Newport
Received 26 Sept 2017Land Adjacent Hen Dy Fferm Garth Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DR
Received 25 Sept 2017The Coffee Mill 127 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6EE
Received 26 Sept 201731 Clos Enfys Caerphilly CF83 1SB
Received 26 Sept 201714 Oak Lane Royal Oak Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SQ
Received 26 Sept 2017Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School Coed-Cae-Ddu Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2YB
Received 26 Sept 2017Oakdale Comprehensive School Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DT
Received 26 Sept 201743 Highfield Crescent Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DW
Received 27 Sept 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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