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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.
6,772 approved · 1,533 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 The Avenue Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 8BA
Received 22 Dec 20209 Blaen Ifor Caerphilly CF83 2NW
Received 4 Jan 20218 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QS
Received 4 Jan 2021Half Hollies Twyn College Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 3NR
Received 4 Jan 202128 Albertina Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DX
Received 4 Jan 202131 Rhys Road Blackwood NP12 3QR
Received 4 Jan 202112 Gelli Avenue Risca Newport NP11 6QF
Received 4 Jan 2021Land Off Tir Y Wen Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed
Received 4 Jan 2021Ty Willow Yew Tree Cottage To The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 4 Jan 202115 Twyn Place Abercarn Newport NP11 5JX
Received 5 Jan 2021North Court Capital Valley Eco Park Rhymney
Received 5 Jan 202134 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 5 Jan 202134 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 5 Jan 2021Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 6HF
Received 22 Dec 202087 - 89 High Street Blackwood NP12 1PN
Received 5 Jan 2021Ty Cenydd 45 Castle Street Caerphilly
Received 6 Jan 2021Greens Fishing Tackle Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2BU
Received 6 Jan 2021Abertysswg Pensioner's Hall 13 The Green Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5AH
Received 6 Jan 2021Land At Penrhiw Fach House Rhiw Syr Dafydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JJ
Received 7 Jan 2021Fernlea Farm Road Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9QG
Received 5 Jan 2021Kane Mailing Systems Glamorgan House 47 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AN
Received 7 Jan 2021Graig-yr-hufen Farm Graig-yr-hufen Road Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4BW
Received 7 Jan 2021Land Adjacent To 80 Garden Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LZ
Received 7 Jan 202119 Newport Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6LW
Received 8 Jan 2021Records 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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