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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.
6,244 approved · 1,472 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Mill View Caerphilly CF83 3SJ
Received 28 Oct 201971 Brynau Road Caerphilly CF83 1PF
Received 28 Oct 2019Fernleigh Villa Twyn-gwyn Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7AX
Received 28 Oct 2019Land At Grid Ref 320115 198442 Ty-Mawr Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 28 Oct 20197 Julian's Close Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8DT
Received 25 Oct 2019Coed Y Goitre Woodland The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen
Received 29 Oct 2019Land At Grid Ref 314374 194851 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 29 Oct 20199 Westgil Pen Ffordd Blackwood NP12 3QS0
Received 29 Oct 2019Land At 7 Pantglas Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 29 Oct 20191 Cornfield Rise Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HJ
Received 30 Oct 2019Land At Grid Ref 315200 199079 Eastview Terrace Bargoed
Received 30 Oct 201967 Ridgeway Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RD
Received 30 Oct 20195 Homeland Place Blackwood NP12 1AS
Received 30 Oct 201932 Tyn-Y-Coed Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7DD
Received 31 Oct 2019Trees Rear Of 30 & 31 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PT
Received 31 Oct 2019Rosary Cottage Lon-Y-Llyn Caerphilly CF83 1BY
Received 1 Nov 2019Suri's News 32 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JP
Received 8 Nov 2019Unit 6A Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QT
Received 1 Nov 201926 Mill View Caerphilly CF83 3SJ
Received 4 Nov 2019Land At Grid Ref 311486 207255 The Lawns Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 4 Nov 2019Land At Grid Ref 315722 187910 Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 5 Nov 201914 Woodbine Road Blackwood NP12 1QJ
Received 4 Nov 201941 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DN
Received 5 Nov 2019102 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AF
Received 4 Nov 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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