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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.
5,846 approved · 1,418 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pechan Fi Central Avenue Pantside Newport NP11 5GD
Received 9 Oct 201715 Rhodfa Glascoed Blackwood NP12 1GW
Received 10 Oct 201721 Tai'r Heol Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DL
Received 10 Oct 2017Land At (Former Storage Building/Garage) Bedwlwyn Road South Lane Ystrad Mynach Hengoed
Received 10 Oct 201758 Denbigh Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UN
Received 10 Oct 2017105 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 11 Oct 2017St Martin's Stores 115 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 11 Oct 2017Castle View Shopping Centre Cae Meillion Caerphilly
Received 11 Oct 201720 Derwyn Las Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HS
Received 11 Oct 201718 Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BW
Received 11 Oct 2017April Cottage White Hart Drive Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NH
Received 12 Oct 201778 Pencoed Avenue Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3LF
Received 12 Oct 2017Green Meadow Cottage Darran Road Risca Newport NP11 6GY
Received 12 Oct 2017Ffynnon Wen Pengam Road To Heol Y Cefn Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 12 Oct 201716 Bernard Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EE
Received 13 Oct 2017Lili Wen Farm Cilfynydd Road To Pant-Du Road Llanfabon Pontypridd CF37 4HN
Received 16 Oct 20172 Marshfield Court Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JP
Received 16 Oct 2017Pearmat Ltd Pen-y-fan Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 13 Oct 2017Land At Grid Ref 319662 198758 Ton-Y-Felin Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 16 Oct 2017Pen-y-gaer Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 16 Oct 2017Pen-y-gaer Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 16 Oct 2017Newbridge Medical Centre High Street Newbridge Newport NP11 4FW
Received 17 Oct 201719 Church Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LS
Received 12 Oct 201736 Clos Gwastir Caerphilly CF83 1TD
Received 17 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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