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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.
6,775 approved · 1,534 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Martins Field Newbridge Newport
Received 19 Jan 20212 Starling Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BH
Received 19 Jan 2021Billington Foods Unit 9-22 Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HZ
Received 20 Jan 202111 Goshawk Rise Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BG
Received 20 Jan 202135 Merebank Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 20 Jan 202118 Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 21 Jan 2021Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 21 Jan 2021Land At Grid Ref 316873 201344 Abernant Road Markham
Received 20 Jan 2021Land At Grid Ref 316083 189351 R/O 9 Dan-Y-Deri Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 21 Jan 2021Ty-Seion Carno Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5EG
Received 22 Jan 202115 Myrtle Grove Hengoed CF82 7JL
Received 21 Jan 202115 Harlech Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1HJ
Received 22 Jan 2021George Hotel 171-175 Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FG
Received 25 Jan 2021202 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AU
Received 22 Jan 20217 Bedwlwyn Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AL
Received 22 Jan 202130 Goodrich Street Caerphilly CF83 1JY
Received 22 Jan 2021Land At Grid Ref 313987 195625 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 22 Jan 202135 Bryngwyn Watford Caerphilly CF83 1ES
Received 25 Jan 202127 Tredegar Terrace Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PR
Received 25 Jan 202139 Goodrich Street Caerphilly CF83 1JY
Received 25 Jan 2021New House Royal Oak Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SN
Received 26 Jan 202131 Bevan Crescent Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1EW
Received 26 Jan 202121 Torlais Street Newbridge Newport NP11 4GE
Received 25 Jan 202146 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LP
Received 26 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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