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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.
5,842 approved · 1,417 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Bailey Street Deri Bargoed CF81 9HW
Received 27 Sept 2017Ty Mari 5 Cwrt Llechryd Llechryd Tredegar NP22 5QF
Received 27 Sept 2017Rhymney Comprehensive School And Adjacent Land Abertysswg Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5XF
Received 27 Sept 2017Land At Grid Ref 316650 200405 Bedwellty Road Bedwellty
Received 29 Sept 201721 Cae Melyn Hengoed CF82 7RT
Received 2 Oct 201710 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 2 Oct 2017Ffynonau Duon Farm Glen View Terrace To Parc Cwm Darran Pentwyn Bargoed CF81 9NP
Received 2 Oct 2017Castle Manor Nantgarw Road Caerphilly
Received 2 Oct 2017Pearmat Ltd Pen-y-fan Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 2 Oct 2017Modplan Ltd Unit 12 Prince Of Wales Industrial Estate Abercarn Bridge Street NP11 5EY
Received 3 Oct 201736 Woodside Walk Wattsville Newport NP11 7NZ
Received 3 Oct 2017Unit C Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NP
Received 3 Oct 2017Castle Manor Nantgarw Road Caerphilly
Received 3 Oct 2017Newbridge Clinic Ashfield Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4QW
Received 3 Oct 2017Chevler Ltd Reed House 1 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AU
Received 4 Oct 201720 High Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UB
Received 4 Oct 2017Envirotex Products Ltd Unit 1-4 Block C Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2XF
Received 5 Oct 2017Biffa Electricity Generation Site Trecatti Landfill Site Fochriw Road Pant-y-waun
Received 5 Oct 2017Former Greenfly Social Club And CATS House Newport Road Bedwas
Received 5 Oct 201714 Conway Road Trinant Newport NP11 3JN
Received 6 Oct 201733 St David's Drive Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RH
Received 5 Oct 2017Durisol UK Unit 4 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EF
Received 9 Oct 201724 Hospital Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DG
Received 9 Oct 2017Shop Unit 55 High Street Blackwood NP12 1BA
Received 9 Oct 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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