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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.
6,344 approved · 1,486 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Marys Church St Mary's Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NS
Received 15 Jan 20201 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 15 Jan 2020Coed Ladur 60 Bryn Siriol Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AJ
Received 15 Jan 2020Chip Shop 18 High Street Ynysddu
Received 15 Jan 2020Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 15 Jan 202017 Hawthorn Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PB
Received 15 Jan 202015 Glen View Crumlin Newport NP11 4QE
Received 15 Jan 2020Cwmcarn Forest Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn
Received 16 Jan 2020Cwmcarn Forest Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn
Received 16 Jan 2020Cwmcarn Forest Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn
Received 16 Jan 2020Land At Grid Ref 320502 196783 High Street Newbridge
Received 16 Jan 202031 Cobden Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PF
Received 16 Jan 2020Meadow View Troedyrhiw Ystrad Mynach
Received 16 Jan 2020Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 20 Jan 2020Land At Grid Ref 321503 196551 Graig Road Newbridge
Received 18 Jan 2020Cwm-yr-allt House Cwm-Yr-Allt Lane Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AW
Received 20 Jan 2020Glen Burmie St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RP
Received 20 Jan 202011 Hafan-Werdd Caerphilly CF83 3BU
Received 20 Jan 202033 Penllwyn Street Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HE
Received 21 Jan 2020Gwaun Gledyr Uchaf Nursery Gypsy Lane Groeswen
Received 21 Jan 2020Land At Cwmcaesingrug Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2BG
Received 20 Jan 2020Pierhead Buildings Jones Arcade Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AX
Received 22 Jan 2020Pendarren Court Pendarren Road Aberbeeg NP13 2DA
Received 23 Jan 2020Ty Oakley Farm Abercarn Mountain Road Hafodyrynys Newport NP11 5AY
Received 23 Jan 2020Records 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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