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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.
6,362 approved · 1,487 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Ffordd Y Maes Caerphilly CF83 2DA
Received 7 Feb 2020Land Adj To Unit 11 North Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed
Received 7 Feb 2020Land Adj To Unit 11 North Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed
Received 7 Feb 20205 Mountain Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6NY
Received 7 Feb 20207 Queens Road Pantside Newport NP11 5FW
Received 7 Feb 20207 Brynteg Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AT
Received 10 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 312302 188899 Bronmynydd Abertridwr
Received 10 Feb 2020Norgine Ltd 7 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8SJ
Received 10 Feb 202079 Church Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FF
Received 7 Feb 202012 Pwll Yr Allt Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 7 Feb 2020Plot 3 - Land At Grid Ref 317533 193532 / 36 The Glade Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HB
Received 7 Feb 2020Welsh Oak Inn 167 Risca Road Rogerstone Risca Newport NP10 9GE
Received 7 Feb 20202 Rudry Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3EU
Received 11 Feb 2020Llwynfron Brooklands Nelson Treharris CF46 6DR
Received 11 Feb 2020The Three Horseshoes 39 High Street Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HN
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 316666 189339 Mountain Road Bedwas
Received 11 Feb 20204 The Bowls Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PZ
Received 12 Feb 20203 The Paddock Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 12 Feb 20207 Heol Uchaf Hengoed CF82 7NU
Received 12 Feb 2020The Woodlands The Graig Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7FA
Received 12 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 311051 194899 Mafon Road Nelson
Received 12 Feb 202029 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DL
Received 13 Feb 2020Woodlands Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 13 Feb 2020Land At Former All Saints Church Braithwaite Court Pencerrig Street Llanbradach
Received 13 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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