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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.
5,887 approved · 1,425 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Llanddwyn Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AS
Received 31 Oct 20171 Dolgwyddfa Houses Alexandra Place Newbridge Newport NP11 4EQ
Received 1 Nov 201733 Heol Trecastell Caerphilly CF83 1AE
Received 1 Nov 201725 Whitethorne Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PY
Received 2 Nov 2017The Court House Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FN
Received 1 Nov 201761 High Meadow Abercarn Newport NP11 5AD
Received 2 Nov 2017Land At Grid Ref 313066 197010 Claerwen North Ul Gelligaer
Received 2 Nov 20176 Rolls Avenue Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HP
Received 2 Nov 2017Smugglers Livery And Equestrian Centre Smugglers Run Pen-Deri Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HU
Received 3 Nov 2017Caravan Car Park Maenllwyd To Rudry Common Rudry
Received 6 Nov 2017Land Within Curtilage Of 14 Beech Grove Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JL
Received 5 Nov 20173 Denbigh Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UN
Received 5 Nov 201757 Blacksmith Close Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0BP
Received 3 Nov 2017The Glen New Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3QZ
Received 13 Nov 201747 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EH
Received 7 Nov 2017Llwyncelyn Bungalow Rudry Road Rudry Cardiff CF14 0SN
Received 6 Nov 201720 High Street Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JJ
Received 7 Nov 2017Land Rear Of 31 Llwyncelyn Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6HF
Received 8 Nov 2017Oak Villa 4 New Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3RL
Received 9 Nov 201718 Morlais Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UG
Received 9 Nov 2017The De-Winton De Winton Terrace Llanbradach Caerphilly
Received 9 Nov 201712A High Street Bargoed CF81 8QZ
Received 9 Nov 2017Garage Site Bedwellty Road To Addison Street North Cefn Fforest
Received 9 Nov 2017Castle Manor Nantgarw Road Caerphilly
Received 9 Nov 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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