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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.
6,033 approved · 1,441 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Mardy Crescent Caerphilly CF83 1PU
Received 1 Feb 201870 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 31 Jan 2018Laxmi Court - Carn Gethin Hengoed Road Cefn Hengoed
Received 29 Jan 2018Samye Foundation Unit A 2-4 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JN
Received 1 Feb 2018Glenview Cottage Castle Hill Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EF
Received 1 Feb 20185 Clos Cae Rhos Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TJ
Received 31 Jan 201817 Clos Gwastir Caerphilly CF83 1TD
Received 2 Feb 2018Capel Y Babell Pont Lawrence Rees Lane Cwmfelinfach
Received 5 Feb 2018Ty Canrif Halls Crossing Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PF
Received 5 Feb 2018Seion Baptist Church Glenview Terrace Llanbradach
Received 5 Feb 2018Land At Grid Ref 321036 188882 Rhyd Y Gwern Lane (South Of Clos Trefeddyg) Machen
Received 5 Feb 201844 Heol Edward Lewis Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EJ
Received 16 Jan 2018Land Adjoining GLJ Recycling Ltd Chapel Bridge Yard Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn Newport
Received 5 Feb 201821 Cotswold Way Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6QT
Received 6 Feb 2018Land Within The Curtilage Of Mountain House 41 Mountain Road Caerphilly
Received 7 Feb 2018Deans Stores Park View Bargoed CF81 8QN
Received 6 Feb 2018Land Adjacent To Oakfield Lower Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EB
Received 7 Feb 2018Land South Of Glendale (Plot 3A The Paddock) Van Road Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 7 Feb 201816 Cwmtorlais Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4LY
Received 8 Feb 2018Land South Of Glendale (Plot 3B The Paddock) Van Road Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 7 Feb 20187 Central Buildings Aberconway Place Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JU
Received 8 Feb 201828 Gwaun-Fro Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BN
Received 8 Feb 20183 Pengam Street Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XH
Received 12 Feb 2018Cylla Allotments The Walk Ystrad Mynach
Received 8 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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