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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.
6,262 approved · 1,478 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Vestry Ebenezer Chapel Carno Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5EA
Received 5 Nov 2019Woodlands Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 6 Nov 2019Hollybush Bungalow Corbetts Lane Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HX
Received 6 Nov 201933 Court Road Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2LT
Received 6 Nov 2019Convatec Ltd Unit 1 - 2 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5RL
Received 7 Nov 2019Ystrad Mynach Primary School Lewis Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AQ
Received 8 Nov 2019Plateau 2 Oakdale Business Park Bryn Brithdir Oakdale Business Park Oakdale
Received 11 Nov 201912 Navigation Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8DJ
Received 11 Nov 2019Land At Grid Ref 322600 193921 The Graig Cwmcarn
Received 11 Nov 2019Land At Grid Ref 319174 198033 Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 11 Nov 20197 Kestrel View Hengoed CF82 7LN
Received 8 Nov 2019Land At Grid Ref 321955 187224 Yew Tree Cottage To The Row Draethen
Received 12 Nov 2019Land At Riverside Walk Deri Bargoed
Received 13 Nov 201911 Penrhyn Terrace Phillipstown New Tredegar NP24 6BG
Received 14 Nov 201912 Penrhyn Terrace Phillipstown New Tredegar NP24 6BG
Received 14 Nov 2019Land At Upper School House Wellington Way Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PU
Received 8 Nov 2019271-273 High Street Blackwood
Received 14 Nov 2019Land At Grid Ref 315019 186498 (Former Railway) Lon-Y-Llyn Caerphilly
Received 14 Nov 201928 Tawelfan Nelson Treharris CF46 6EH
Received 15 Nov 201937 Park Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4RD
Received 18 Nov 2019Hafodrysclawdd Fawr Farmhouse Hafodrisclawdd Fawr Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HZ
Received 15 Nov 201942 Duffryn Terrace Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6DQ
Received 18 Nov 2019Land At Ty Isaf (Adjacent To Underwood Bungalow) Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EP
Received 15 Nov 2019St Marys Church St Mary's Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NS
Received 19 Nov 2019Records 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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