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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.
5,948 approved · 1,431 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Pentwyn Isaf Caerphilly CF83 2NR
Received 27 Nov 2017Land At Grid Ref 314374 194851 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 24 Nov 2017Pant-Ysgawen Farm Pant-Ysgawen Farm Lane Newbridge Newport NP11 4RJ
Received 27 Nov 201717 Ffordd Erw Caerphilly CF83 1RY
Received 28 Nov 2017Land At Grid Ref 313820 187076 Cae Nant Gledyr Caerphilly
Received 28 Nov 2017Land At Ynys Field Recreation Ground River Terrace Pengam
Received 28 Nov 2017Caerphilly Magistrates Court Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HG
Received 29 Nov 2017West End Woodland South Blackvein Industrial Estate Wattsville
Received 29 Nov 2017Land Within The Curtilage Of Mountain House 41 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HH
Received 29 Nov 2017Bryn Surgery Bryn Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3NA
Received 29 Nov 2017Land Rear Of 6 William Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UJ
Received 29 Nov 2017Tynewydd Glenview Terrace Pontgam Lane Ynysddu Newport NP11 7LG
Received 30 Nov 2017Land At Grid Ref 317269 196829 Coronation Road East Lane Blackwood
Received 30 Nov 2017Caerphilly Magistrates Court Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HG
Received 30 Nov 2017Convatec Ltd Unit 1 - 2 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5RL
Received 30 Nov 2017St Marys Church St Mary's Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NS
Received 1 Dec 201743 Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EA
Received 1 Dec 2017Communication Site Abercarn Industrial Estate Bridge Street Abercarn
Received 1 Dec 2017Land At Former All Saints Church Pencerrig Street Llanbradach Caerphilly
Received 4 Dec 2017Former Gardd Y Craig 106 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca
Received 1 Dec 2017Former Gardd Y Craig 106 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca
Received 1 Dec 2017Former Gardd Y Craig 106 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca
Received 4 Dec 201718 Tai'r Heol Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DL
Received 4 Dec 2017Land Adj To Hillcrest Old Tram Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4FZ
Received 2 Dec 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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