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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.
6,097 approved · 1,450 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Valley View Court Duffryn Road Brynawel Wattsville
Received 24 Apr 2018Land Adjacent To Ogilvie Terrace Deri Bargoed
Received 25 Apr 2018Pontllanfraith Youth Centre And Cyber Cafe Sir Ivor Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JH
Received 25 Apr 2018Eriez Magnetics Europe Ltd Unit 17 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8YG
Received 25 Apr 2018Land At Grid Ref 318294 191565 Penllwyn Street To Syndicate Terrace Cwmfelinfach
Received 26 Apr 2018Coed Y Gwineu Farm Cefn-Porth Road Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0LB
Received 27 Apr 201857 Tredegar Street Risca Newport NP11 6BW
Received 26 Apr 201813 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 27 Apr 2018Aldi Stores Ltd South Court Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NP
Received 27 Apr 2018Tree R/O Yn Yr Ardd 1A Clos Cae Pwll Nelson Treharris CF46 6LA
Received 27 Apr 2018Convatec Ltd Unit 1 - 2 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5RL
Received 30 Apr 2018Land At Grid Ref 321550 198032 Old Pant Road Pantside
Received 27 Apr 201816 Bernard Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EE
Received 30 Apr 2018Newbridge Comprehensive School And Leisure Centre Bridge Street Newbridge
Received 14 May 2018The Rectory High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HA
Received 14 May 2018Land Adj To Capel Hotel Park Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8LW
Received 18 May 2018Cwm-yr-Allt House Cwm-Yr-Allt Lane Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AW
Received 21 May 201812 Middle Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QJ
Received 23 May 2018Oakdale Manor Residential Home Rhiw Syr Dafydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JJ
Received 24 May 2018Former Church Hall Church Street Llanbradach
Received 25 May 2018Reception St Martin's Comprehensive School Hillside Caerphilly
Received 29 May 2018Bergstrom (Europe) Ltd Block C - Unit C1-C5 Duffryn Park 1 Alder Avenue Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach
Received 5 Jun 201832 Cader Idris Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6RP
Received 6 Jun 2018Land Within The Curtilage Of Gelli-haf Bungalow 11 Rock Villas Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AD
Received 12 Jun 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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