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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.
6,711 approved · 1,526 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Bryncoed Terrace Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DE
Received 4 Sept 2020Aberbeeg Hospital Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 7 Sept 2020Sports Ground Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale
Received 4 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 316666 189339 Mountain Road Bedwas
Received 7 Sept 202051 Heol-Y-Parc Caerphilly CF83 1AY
Received 7 Sept 202035 Penrhiw Terrace Abercarn Newport NP11 5JU
Received 8 Sept 202074 Dol-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HP
Received 8 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 323151 187025 The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen
Received 9 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To 80 Garden Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LZ
Received 9 Sept 202012 The Spinney Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PJ
Received 9 Sept 2020Valley View Pen-Rhiw-Bica Newbridge Newport NP11 4GL
Received 9 Sept 2020Thermo Fisher Scientific Unit 6 Parkway Building Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EF
Received 9 Sept 202015 Dranllwyn Close Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QF
Received 9 Sept 2020Land At Colliers Cottage Caerphilly Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PR
Received 10 Sept 2020Coed Y Goitre Woodland The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen
Received 10 Sept 202086 High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HB
Received 10 Sept 202031 Rhodfa Ganol Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LB
Received 11 Sept 20201 Burnet Drive Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FN
Received 11 Sept 2020Shop Unit 42 Commercial Street New Tredegar NP24 6AA
Received 10 Sept 2020Waun Y Coed Twyn College Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 3NR
Received 11 Sept 202019 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 12 Sept 202010 Maritime Court Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 14 Sept 2020Unit A 6 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 14 Sept 2020Hazelmere Crescent Road Caerphilly CF83 1AB
Received 14 Sept 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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