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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.
6,123 approved · 1,454 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Lon Uchaf Caerphilly CF83 1BR
Received 12 Jul 2018Land North Of Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 12 Jul 2018Land North Of Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 12 Jul 2018Shop Unit B 31-33 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RB
Received 13 Jul 2018Southview 44 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HL
Received 16 Jul 201812 Waun Erw Caerphilly CF83 3QU
Received 16 Jul 20189 Cae Pandy Caerphilly CF83 3JP
Received 16 Jul 201817 Lon Ty Gwyn Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9AN
Received 17 Jul 20185 Pen-Y-Cwm Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5AD
Received 16 Jul 201870 /72 Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PL
Received 17 Jul 201891 Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HL
Received 19 Jul 2018Land At Grid Ref 315897 189288 Pandy Road Bedwas
Received 19 Jul 2018Land At Grid Ref 314117 193622 Troedyrhiw Ystrad Mynach
Received 20 Jul 20187 Clos Mynach Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TD
Received 30 Jul 201887 Bedwellty Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3HB
Received 24 Jul 20183 Glenview Rise Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HZ
Received 24 Jul 2018Ty Tallis 13 Penrhiw Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JH
Received 26 Jul 2018217 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AL
Received 24 Jul 2018Land Within The Curtilage Of Mountain House 41 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HH
Received 26 Jul 201849 Gelligaer Road Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HH
Received 26 Jul 2018Land At Oakdale Golf Club Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 26 Jul 2018Penyrheolfawr Bungalow Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6PL
Received 27 Jul 2018Gwelfryn McLaren Cottages Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BH
Received 27 Jul 2018Meadow Side Windy Ridge Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DR
Received 27 Jul 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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