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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.
6,657 approved · 1,521 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Within The Curtilage Of Westwinds New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 7 Jul 202035 Elm Drive Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6HN
Received 7 Jul 20205 Twyn College Cottages Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 3NS
Received 8 Jul 202068 Half Acre Court Caerphilly CF83 3SU
Received 9 Jul 202011 Royal Oak Close Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SP
Received 8 Jul 202023 The Glade Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HB
Received 8 Jul 202026 Penrhiw Terrace Abercarn Newport NP11 5JU
Received 8 Jul 2020Mount View Waunfawr Park Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PH
Received 9 Jul 202017 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RA
Received 10 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 315319 197123 River Terrace To Glan-Yr-Afon Pengam
Received 13 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 319174 198033 Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 13 Jul 2020Park Bungalow Brooklands Nelson Treharris CF46 6DR
Received 13 Jul 2020Trees Rear Of 7 Cwm Braenar Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DS
Received 13 Jul 20209 Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6NW
Received 13 Jul 20208 Bryn Awelon Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TF
Received 13 Jul 202043 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NB
Received 13 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 308961 210054 Rhymney Common Road Pant-y-waun
Received 13 Jul 202016 Heol Morien Nelson Treharris CF46 6JA
Received 13 Jul 202014 Llanddwyn Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AS
Received 13 Jul 202050 Camnant Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7FF
Received 13 Jul 2020Ty Ein Teulu 4A Park Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QA
Received 13 Jul 202015 Bridge Street Abercarn Newport NP11 4SG
Received 14 Jul 20201 Castle Cottages Castle Hill Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8DZ
Received 14 Jul 20201 Kingswood Close Hengoed CF82 7LU
Received 14 Jul 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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