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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.
6,384 approved · 1,488 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FP
Received 27 Feb 202028 Ynys Bery Close Caerphilly CF83 2AZ
Received 28 Feb 202024 High Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LQ
Received 28 Feb 2020Land At 6 Gellideg Close Maesycwmmer
Received 2 Mar 2020Martindale 2 Main Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RN
Received 2 Mar 2020Shop Unit The Dairy 3 Brynteg Crescent Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PE
Received 2 Mar 20202 Hill Street Bargoed CF81 8TL
Received 2 Mar 202018 Park Place Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AS
Received 2 Mar 2020Land At Grid Ref 317269 196829 Coronation Road East Lane Blackwood
Received 2 Mar 2020Land At Public Open Space Millers Wood Penmaen Oakdale
Received 3 Mar 2020Gelli Farm Gelli Farm Lane Trinant Newport NP11 3AZ
Received 3 Mar 2020The Coal Yard Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EH
Received 3 Apr 2020Rose Cottage 8 Upper Ochrwyth Ochrwyth Newport NP11 6EQ
Received 4 Mar 2020Gwern Y Goytre Gwern-Y-Goytre To Michaelston Bridge Michaelston-y-fedw Cardiff CF3 6XT
Received 4 Mar 2020Bayridge Temperance Hill Risca Newport NP11 6FQ
Received 3 Mar 2020Trees Rear Of Noddfa 30 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PT
Received 4 Mar 2020Land At Grid Ref 317649 196198 Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 5 Mar 202019 Garth Place Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DL
Received 6 Mar 202023 The Garth Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4ES
Received 6 Mar 2020Land At Grid Ref 318978 197966 Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 6 Mar 2020Firbeck Royal Oak Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SN
Received 6 Mar 20206 Shannon Close Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FW
Received 9 Mar 2020Westfield Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4GY
Received 9 Mar 202018 Heol Isaf Nelson Treharris CF46 6NS
Received 9 Mar 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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