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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.
6,586 approved · 1,512 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Plantation Terrace Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9JR
Received 8 Apr 2020Land At Grid Ref 322642 193834 The Graig Cwmcarn
Received 14 Apr 202024 John Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EH
Received 14 Apr 20202 - 4 Pentrebane Street Caerphilly CF83 1FR
Received 13 Apr 2020121 Jubilee Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6PB
Received 14 Apr 2020Horeb Baptist Chapel Castle Hill Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EB
Received 9 Apr 202013 Chestnut Grove Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PU
Received 14 Apr 2020Horeb Baptist Chapel Castle Hill Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EB
Received 9 Apr 2020Inisfail Court Road Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2LU
Received 14 Apr 202078 Heol Fawr Nelson CF46 6NP
Received 8 Apr 2020Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 15 Apr 2020Land At Grid Ref 314050 188455 Heol Aneurin Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 15 Apr 202022 Y Felin Ffrwd Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2RB
Received 16 Apr 202011 Coronation Crescent Pantside Newport NP11 5DJ
Received 15 Apr 202056 Foundry Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AL
Received 16 Apr 202039 Cotswold Way Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6QT
Received 16 Apr 202012 Gwendoline Road Risca Newport NP11 6DD
Received 16 Apr 202023 Cedar Way Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DR
Received 16 Apr 20203 Ty Pucca Close Machen Caerphilly CF83 8LE
Received 16 Apr 2020Tudor House St Martin's Crescent Caerphilly CF83 1ER
Received 15 Apr 20209 Caldicot Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2TJ
Received 17 Apr 2020Land At Grid Ref 317269 196829 Coronation Road East Lane Blackwood
Received 17 Apr 202012 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 16 Apr 2020Buildings At Navigation Colliery Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin
Received 20 Apr 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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