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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.
6,725 approved · 1,528 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Gwaun-Fro Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BN
Received 18 Sept 20207 Gordon Road Blackwood NP12 1DW
Received 21 Sept 2020Tegfan 18 Underwood Caerphilly CF83 1HW
Received 21 Sept 2020Newbridge Medical Centre High Street Newbridge Newport NP11 4FW
Received 22 Sept 202052 Derlwyn Street Phillipstown New Tredegar NP24 6AZ
Received 22 Sept 202026 And 28 Bryn Siriol Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AJ
Received 22 Sept 2020All Saints Vicarage Church Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LS
Received 22 Sept 20203 Park Place Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BN
Received 22 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 319235 191320 Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach
Received 22 Sept 2020Land Within The Curtilage Of Oaklands Ty Fry Lane Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2RH
Received 22 Sept 202011 Dulas Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AQ
Received 22 Sept 2020Primrose Cottage Yew Tree Cottage To The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 21 Sept 202010 Caldey Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AY
Received 23 Sept 2020Land At 4 Drewry Lane Rhymney
Received 23 Sept 20201 Valley Meadow Close Pantside Newport NP11 5BU
Received 23 Sept 202060 Montclaire Avenue Blackwood NP12 1EF
Received 23 Sept 2020Land With The Curtilage Of Ty Bryn King's Hill Hengoed CF82 7NJ
Received 21 Sept 2020Norgine Ltd 7 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8SJ
Received 22 Sept 202017 Newport Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JN
Received 23 Sept 202014 Llanddwyn Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AS
Received 24 Sept 202029 Bryn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PG
Received 23 Sept 20209 Tre-York Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LR
Received 23 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 320738 198125 Albertina Road Treowen
Received 25 Sept 202015 Lower Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QH
Received 23 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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