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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.
6,355 approved · 1,487 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Lower Francis Street Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DX
Received 31 Jan 2020McDonalds Cliff Road Blackwood NP12 0NT
Received 31 Jan 2020Ysgol Ifor Bach Windsor Way Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4AB
Received 31 Jan 202016 Hillside Risca Newport NP11 6QD
Received 31 Jan 2020Land At Grid Ref 319579 196123 Friar's Mead Pentwyn-mawr
Received 3 Feb 20201 York Place Risca Newport NP11 6FR
Received 4 Feb 202056 Foundry Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AL
Received 4 Feb 2020Land At 94-96 High Street Blackwood
Received 4 Feb 202038 Y Cedrwydden Blackwood NP12 1FD
Received 4 Feb 2020Delamere Garth Place To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 4 Feb 2020Land At 94-96 High Street Blackwood
Received 4 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 311486 207255 The Lawns Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 4 Feb 202013 Fox Avenue Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HP
Received 5 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 319306 188130 (Former Tin Plate Works) The Meadows Machen
Received 5 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 317855 195659 Commercial Street Pontllanfraith
Received 5 Feb 20201 Bronrhiw Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HF
Received 5 Feb 202017 Trem Y Castell Caerphilly CF83 1TH
Received 5 Feb 2020Abingdon Flooring Ltd Unit 1 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3XG
Received 5 Feb 202025 Y Cedrwydden Blackwood NP12 1FD
Received 5 Feb 2020Bake Station 3 Station Terrace Caerphilly CF83 1HD
Received 5 Feb 2020The Old Mission Hall Clarence Place Risca Newport NP11 6BU
Received 6 Feb 202017 Ffos Y Cerridden Nelson Treharris CF46 6HQ
Received 6 Feb 2020Asda Cliff Road Blackwood NP12 0NT
Received 6 Feb 20207 Cwmdows Terrace Newbridge Newport NP11 4NA
Received 7 Feb 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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