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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.
6,168 approved · 1,462 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maesmawr Farm Mountain Road Risca Newport NP11 6FY
Received 22 Jul 2019Shappelles New Cottage Dance Centre The Bridge Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7ED
Received 22 Jul 2019The Rectory And School Site High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HA
Received 23 Jul 201953 Ridgeway Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RD
Received 24 Jul 20199 Denbigh Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JH
Received 31 Jul 201915 Aberconway Place Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JX
Received 1 Aug 2019Land Rear Of Castle Manor Nantgarw Road Caerphilly
Received 1 Aug 201929 Morrisville Lane Brynawel Wattsville Newport NP11 7QZ
Received 2 Aug 2019Old Station House Old Station Yard Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8QZ
Received 6 Aug 2019Edwards And Ross Pallets Old Highways Depot Pontlottyn Link Road Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9QZ
Received 7 Aug 2019Lakeside Farm Nant-Yr-Helyg Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QT
Received 8 Aug 2019Land Within Curtilage 43 Sannan Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BH
Received 9 Aug 2019Land At 94-96 High Street Blackwood
Received 13 Aug 2019Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham Blackwood
Received 14 Aug 201917 Woodville Terrace Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AP
Received 15 Aug 2019Land At Grid Ref 320738 198125 Albertina Road Treowen
Received 15 Aug 20197 Heol Rhos Caerphilly CF83 2BE
Received 16 Aug 2019Rockwood Animals Fferm Pont Carreg Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8UH
Received 17 Aug 201912 Plantation Terrace Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9JR
Received 21 Aug 2019Gelli Farm Gelli Farm Lane Trinant Newport NP11 3AZ
Received 28 Aug 2019Castle View Shopping Centre Cae Meillion Caerphilly
Received 28 Aug 201945 Brookland Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BH
Received 28 Aug 2019GLJ Recycling Ltd Chapel Bridge Yard Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NL
Received 29 Aug 2019Rhymney Convenience Stores 1 Jerusalem Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5JB
Received 28 Aug 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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