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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.
6,160 approved · 1,459 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Within Curtilage Of Ty Gwyn Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NX
Received 3 Jun 2019Former Bakery Bryn Terrace Hengoed
Received 3 Jun 2019Land At Grid Ref 314128 194285 Brynmynach Avenue East Ul Tredomen
Received 7 Jun 2019Land At Former Station House Merthyr Road Rhymney Bridge Llechryd
Received 17 Jun 2019Glan Yr Afon House Station Terrace Brithdir New Tredegar NP24 6JS
Received 17 Jun 2019Land At Grid Ref 320115 198442 Ty-Mawr Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 21 Jun 2019Land At Grid Ref 320115 198442 Ty-Mawr Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 21 Jun 2019Land At Ty Mawr Grid Ref 320115 198442 Ty-Mawr Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 24 Jun 2019Garnllwyd Watford Road Thornhill Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 24 Jun 201913 Garth Place Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DL
Received 25 Jun 2019Lili Wen Farm Cilfynydd Road To Pant-Du Road Llanfabon Pontypridd CF37 4HN
Received 24 Jun 2019Pendarren Court Pendarren Road Aberbeeg NP13 2DA
Received 27 Jun 2019Land At Grid Ref 314703 To 200239 Upper North Road Bargoed
Received 28 Jun 2019Unit 9A And 9B Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 1 Jul 201959 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DN
Received 12 Jul 2019Land Within Curtilage Of Ty Ar Y Graig Lower Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EB
Received 3 Jul 2019Land At Grid Ref 314128 194285 Brynmynach Avenue East Ul Tredomen Hengoed
Received 5 Jul 201916 Rising Sun Close Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JB
Received 10 Jul 2019Land At Grid Ref 320738 198125 Albertina Road Treowen
Received 12 Jul 2019Former Pontlottyn Primary School Fochriw Road Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9QH
Received 12 Jul 2019Plot 6 - Phase 2 25 The Glade Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HB
Received 12 Jul 2019Land Within Curtilage Of Spare Moments 21 Old Parish Road Hengoed CF82 7HU
Received 17 Jul 2019Land North Of Hendredenny Drive Hendredenny Caerphilly
Received 23 Jul 2019Land At Grid Ref 317533 193532 The Glade Wyllie
Received 16 Jul 2019Records 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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