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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.
6,753 approved · 1,531 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kipscombe Pandy-Mawr Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EQ
Received 9 Nov 2020Land At Oakdale Golf Course Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale Blackwood
Received 10 Nov 202025 Dynevor Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6PD
Received 10 Nov 20204 Manor Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JZ
Received 10 Nov 202049 Park Place Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BN
Received 10 Nov 202015 Mountbatten Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PF
Received 9 Nov 202040 Rhos Y Dderwen Blackwood NP12 1HB
Received 11 Nov 202027 Llwyd-Y-Berth Caerphilly CF83 2QF
Received 12 Nov 2020Land At The Old Farmhouse Pentref-Y-Groes Farm Lane East Croespenmaen
Received 13 Nov 202033 Pontlottyn Road Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LL
Received 13 Nov 2020Newbold Solicitors 233 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AL
Received 13 Nov 2020North Court Capital Valley Eco Park Rhymney
Received 13 Nov 20204 Clos Gwernydd Caerphilly CF83 2UD
Received 13 Nov 2020Esquire 120-122 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AF
Received 13 Nov 2020Land Within Curtilage Of 37 St David's Drive Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RH
Received 13 Nov 202010 Priorsgate Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EL
Received 13 Nov 2020North Court Capital Valley Eco Park Rhymney
Received 13 Nov 2020Millbrook Residential Home Gelligroes Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JU
Received 10 Nov 20202 Ffordd Erw Caerphilly CF83 1RY
Received 16 Nov 2020Crumlin Community Centre Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 16 Nov 2020Unit B2 63 - 65 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QX
Received 16 Nov 20204 Falcon Terrace Llanarth Street Brynawel Wattsville Newport NP11 7QY
Received 13 Nov 2020Shop Unit 83 Commercial Street Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4FY
Received 16 Nov 2020Saer Coed Load Of Hay Road Crumlin Newport NP11 3AY
Received 16 Nov 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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