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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.
6,719 approved · 1,527 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Highfield Crescent Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DW
Received 14 Sept 20203 Rhyd-Y-Gwern Isaf Machen Caerphilly CF83 8LG
Received 14 Sept 20207 Heol Rhos Caerphilly CF83 2BE
Received 14 Sept 2020Bottom Barn Graig-yr-hufen Farm Graig-yr-hufen Road Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4BW
Received 15 Sept 202026 Cefn Mably Park Michaelston-Y-Fedw Cardiff CF3 6AA
Received 15 Sept 202026 Penrhiw Terrace Abercarn Newport NP11 5JU
Received 14 Sept 2020Gellihaf House New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 15 Sept 202052 Pengam Street Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XJ
Received 15 Sept 20202 Duffryn Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GJ
Received 15 Sept 2020Funeral Parlour 20 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AY
Received 15 Sept 202011 Riverside Walk Deri Bargoed CF81 9GE
Received 15 Sept 20202 The Meadows Machen Caerphilly
Received 16 Sept 20202 Tan-y-llan Terrace Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HE
Received 14 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 311486 207255 The Lawns Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 16 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 314050 188455 Heol Aneurin Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 16 Sept 202031 Hawthorn Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PB
Received 15 Sept 202025 Kingswood Close Hengoed CF83 7LU
Received 16 Sept 202010 Starling Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BH
Received 16 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 2 Kingsley Place Senghenydd
Received 17 Sept 20204 Elm Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FD
Received 16 Sept 202011 Rhodfa Ganol Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LB
Received 18 Sept 20208 Dol-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HP
Received 18 Sept 20205 The Rise Pengam Blackwood NP12 3PL
Received 18 Sept 2020Unit B 70 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 18 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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