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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.
6,629 approved · 1,516 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grid Ref 313945 195746 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 27 May 2020Annfield Bungalow Collins' Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QL
Received 27 May 2020Plot 3 Trem-y-ffynnon The Rise Pengam Blackwood
Received 27 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 317269 196829 Coronation Road East Lane Blackwood
Received 29 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 313945 195746 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 29 May 202010 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HJ
Received 29 May 2020Shop Alexandra Road Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JY
Received 29 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 313945 195746 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 2 Jun 2020Unit H (Former Knight Precision Tooling Ltd) Bowen Industrial Estate Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9EP
Received 2 Jun 2020Church Hall St Helen's Roman Catholic Church St Helen's Church Access Caerphilly
Received 2 Jun 202024 Blacksmith Close Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0BG
Received 3 Jun 20205 School Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UX
Received 3 Jun 202095 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 3 Jun 2020Land At Grid Ref 315771 187383 Lawrence Street Caerphilly
Received 3 Jun 2020Tree On Boundary Of 16 Darren Close Porset Caerphilly
Received 3 Jun 202012 Pwll Yr Allt Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 3 Jun 2020Premier Store 232 - 234 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1BW
Received 4 Jun 2020Premier Store 232 - 234 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1BW
Received 4 Jun 2020Greystone House Alexandra Place Newbridge Newport NP11 4ES
Received 4 Jun 2020Tradesmans Arms 45 Chatham Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SB
Received 4 Jun 202013 Llwyncelyn Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6HF
Received 5 Jun 2020Sports Ground Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale
Received 5 Jun 2020Stables Gelli-Unig Road East Ul Pontywaun
Received 8 Jun 20207 Maes-Yr-Afon Porset Caerphilly CF83 3EX
Received 8 Jun 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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