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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.
6,684 approved · 1,523 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 30 Jul 2020Rockwood Animals Fferm Pont Carreg Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8UH
Received 30 Jul 2020Afon Court Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 29 Jul 2020Fwrrwm Ishta House 68 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 30 Jul 2020Y Fron Mountain View Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HW
Received 30 Jul 2020Former Pontymister Service Station Newport Road Pontymister Risca
Received 30 Jul 202017 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NB
Received 31 Jul 202027 The Crescent Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SU
Received 30 Jul 2020Lewis Opticians 5 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 31 Jul 202020 Syr Dafydd Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LA
Received 3 Aug 20204 Ashgrove Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BP
Received 3 Aug 202020 Coed Mawr Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DH
Received 4 Aug 2020Cwmwbwb Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HL
Received 4 Aug 2020Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 5 Aug 2020Land At Brook Villa Sunnyview Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AJ
Received 3 Aug 2020Land North Of Hendredenny Drive Hendredenny Caerphilly
Received 5 Aug 2020Land At Grid Ref 320502 196783 High Street Newbridge
Received 6 Aug 2020Units 3 And 4 Poplar Road Caerphilly CF83 1LF
Received 6 Aug 202019 Sword Hill Caerphilly CF83 2AG
Received 5 Aug 2020Horeb Baptist Chapel Castle Hill Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EB
Received 6 Aug 2020Horeb Baptist Chapel Castle Hill Gelligaer
Received 6 Aug 2020Cwm-yr-allt House Cwm-Yr-Allt Lane Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AW
Received 6 Aug 2020Land At Grid Ref 315698 186337 Mountain Road Caerphilly
Received 6 Aug 2020Land Within The Curtilage Of 17 Llewellyn Street Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JL
Received 5 Aug 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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