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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.
6,779 approved · 1,534 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Grid Ref 315344 201879 Station Terrace Brithdir
Received 26 Jan 202140 Hillside Terrace Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AJ
Received 27 Jan 20212 Highfield Crescent Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2ED
Received 26 Jan 2021Land At Grid Ref 323151 187025 The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen
Received 27 Jan 202141 Valley View Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JG
Received 27 Jan 202172 Fair View Pengam Blackwood NP12 3NR
Received 28 Jan 202145 Sannan Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BH
Received 28 Jan 2021Land At Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 1 Feb 2021Wind Turbine Pen-yr-heol Farm Commin Road Hollybush
Received 1 Feb 202118 Coed Leddyn Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 2NF
Received 1 Feb 2021Carmel House 2A Penallta Villas Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GH
Received 1 Feb 2021Crestleigh Nailers Arms Road New Bethel Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2AY
Received 1 Feb 2021Risca Dental Practice 3 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AW
Received 1 Feb 2021The Rise Summerfield Hall Lane Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RG
Received 2 Feb 2021Ty Cenydd 45 Castle Street Caerphilly
Received 2 Feb 202116 Herbert Avenue Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JS
Received 2 Feb 2021Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 2 Feb 2021Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 2 Feb 202113 West Avenue Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SF
Received 2 Feb 2021Land At Grid Ref 314050 188455 Heol Aneurin Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 2 Feb 202125 Golwg Y Coed Caerphilly CF83 2UA
Received 3 Feb 2021Land At Grid Ref 319409 196739 Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr
Received 3 Feb 2021170 Caerphilly Road Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4FX
Received 3 Feb 20212 Birchgrove Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BQ
Received 3 Feb 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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