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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.
6,040 approved · 1,441 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2015 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Henfron Caerphilly CF83 2NU
Received 12 Feb 2018Elim Tabernacle Warn's Terrace Abertysswg
Received 9 Feb 201825 Tynewydd Terrace Newbridge Newport NP11 4LW
Received 12 Feb 2018Land Off St Cenydd Road Caerphilly
Received 12 Feb 2018Land At Grid Ref 314050 188455 Heol Aneurin Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 12 Feb 2018The Paddocks New Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3QZ
Received 13 Feb 2018St Michaels Church School Street Tirphil NP24 6ET
Received 13 Feb 2018Gelli Pystyll Farm Elm Drive Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6HN
Received 13 Feb 2018Land At Grid Ref 313820 187076 Cae Nant Gledyr Caerphilly
Received 14 Feb 2018Hill Farm Solar Park Penrhiwarwydd Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn
Received 15 Feb 201811 Hanbury Street Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XW
Received 15 Feb 2018Cosyloft House Cardiff Road Bargoed CF81 8NY
Received 15 Feb 2018Meadowlands Industrial Supplies Unit C 20 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 15 Feb 2018Nant Heulog 31 Y Cedrwydden Blackwood NP12 1FD
Received 15 Feb 2018Land Adj To Tiryberth Farm Hengoed Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BS
Received 16 Feb 201835 Birch Grove Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6HP
Received 19 Feb 2018Land At Tyle Crwth South West Of Ynysddu Ynysddu Newport
Received 19 Feb 20182 Manmoel Road Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BG
Received 19 Feb 2018Managers House Penyfan Leisure Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HY
Received 19 Feb 2018Highfields Amenity Area Cefn Coed Blackwood
Received 19 Feb 2018White Gates Park Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EL
Received 19 Feb 201837 Hillside Terrace Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AJ
Received 20 Feb 2018Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 20 Feb 2018Pant-y-trwyn Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7BB
Received 20 Feb 2018Records 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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