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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.
6,212 approved · 1,467 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Highland Crescent Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NE
Received 26 Sept 2019Robinson Manufacturing Ltd The Old Quarry Cemetery Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5AQ
Received 26 Sept 2019Land At Grid Ref 321650 186181 Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 26 Sept 20196 Llys-Y-Fedwen Caerphilly CF83 3QJ
Received 26 Sept 201916 Woodside Drive Newbridge Newport NP11 4NQ
Received 26 Sept 201919 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 30 Sept 2019Unit 1A Cliff Road Blackwood NP12 0NT
Received 30 Sept 2019The Meadows Gypsy Lane Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UN
Received 30 Sept 2019Unit A3 (13) Pinewood Court (Block A) St Davids Industrial Estate Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SW
Received 1 Oct 2019Unit A3 (13) Pinewood Court (Block A) St Davids Industrial Estate Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SW
Received 1 Oct 2019Ty Cylla 88 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GN
Received 1 Oct 20196 Elidyr Road Treowen Newport NP11 3EE
Received 1 Oct 2019Domino's Unit 8 Castle View Shopping Centre Cae Meillion Caerphilly CF83 1SN
Received 2 Oct 2019Land At Grid Ref 312939 201547 Riverside Walk Deri
Received 2 Oct 2019Atlas House - Unit C South Blackvein Industrial Estate Wattsville Newport NP11 7RE
Received 2 Oct 201922 Thistle Way Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6PL
Received 2 Oct 2019Land Adjacent To 2 Rose Cottages Church Street Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PJ
Received 3 Oct 2019Land At Grid Ref 313169 206548 Wauntysswg Farm Abertysswg Rhymney Tredegar
Received 3 Oct 201945 Maesycoed Terrace Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7BU
Received 3 Oct 2019Land At Grid Ref 315722 187910 Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 2 Oct 201933 Heol Isaf Nelson Treharris CF46 6NS
Received 2 Oct 2019Unit 1 Navigation Colliery Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin Newport NP11 3PA
Received 4 Oct 2019Unit 1 Navigation Colliery Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin Newport NP11 3PA
Received 4 Oct 2019Lidl 5 Beddau Way Caerphilly CF83 2AX
Received 7 Oct 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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