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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.
6,369 approved · 1,488 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Foundry Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AL
Received 13 Feb 2020Barefoot Cottage Cwm Fedw Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QD
Received 12 Feb 2020Rhiw Syr Dafydd Primary School Maes-Y-Garn Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NA
Received 13 Feb 202024 Coed-Y-Graig Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7FJ
Received 13 Feb 2020Land Adjacent To Woodlands Bungalow 6 Old Brewery Lane Rhymney Tredegar
Received 14 Feb 2020Visit Caerphilly Caerphilly Visitor Centre The Twyn Caerphilly CF83 1JL
Received 14 Feb 2020Twyn Childcare Unit (Formerly Land At Twyn Primary School Playing Field) Southern Street Caerphilly
Received 14 Feb 2020Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 14 Feb 2020Wern Stores Caerphilly Road Nelson
Received 17 Feb 2020Efail Wen Church Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LS
Received 17 Feb 20205 Dulas Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AQ
Received 17 Feb 202025 Lilian Road Blackwood NP12 1DN
Received 17 Feb 2020Unit B 70 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 17 Feb 20205 The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GD
Received 18 Feb 202049 Cefn Road Blackwood NP12 1JB
Received 3 Mar 202036 Ynys Y Coed Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EG
Received 18 Feb 2020Cwtch Comfort Furnishing 100 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HF
Received 18 Feb 2020Ty Rhiw Farm (Former Land At Grid Ref 320573 198530 Crumlin Cricket Ground Access) William Street Treowen Newport NP11 3DT
Received 25 Feb 2020Nant-y-ceisiad Countryside Area (Land Opposite Tregarth) White Hart Machen
Received 18 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 319174 198033 Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 19 Feb 2020Land At Oakdale Golf Course Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 19 Feb 2020Land At Grid Ref 312302 188899 Bronmynydd Abertridwr
Received 19 Feb 202017 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RA
Received 19 Feb 202097 Mill Road Caerphilly CF83 3FE
Received 19 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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