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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.
6,782 approved · 1,534 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 323752 191216 Temperance Hill Risca
Received 1 Feb 202157 Penylan Road Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AY
Received 3 Feb 202135 Y Ffordd Wen Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9EE
Received 3 Feb 2021Pawfect Cutz Unit 10 6 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3TG
Received 4 Feb 202119 Bridge Street Abercarn Newport NP11 4SE
Received 4 Feb 202130 Duffryn Terrace Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6DQ
Received 1 Feb 2021Big Green Self Storage Block E Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AN
Received 4 Feb 2021Bedwellty Comprehensive School (former) - Land At Pengam Road Aberbargoed
Received 4 Feb 2021E Block Coleg Y Cymoedd - Ystrad Mynach Campus Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 5 Feb 2021C Block Coleg Y Cymoedd - Ystrad Mynach Campus Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 5 Feb 2021Land Rear Of Homestead Hillary Rise Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GJ
Received 5 Feb 2021130 Coed Celynen Drive Abercarn Newport NP11 5AT
Received 5 Feb 2021Land At Rudry Park House Penywaun Farm Holding Rhydri Primary School To Maenllwyd Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 5 Feb 2021Cae Bach Court Road South Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2QW
Received 5 Feb 2021Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 5 Feb 20211 Homeleigh Newbridge Newport NP11 4RQ
Received 8 Feb 202137 Beech Grove Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NB
Received 8 Feb 20218 Llanarth Road Treowen Newport NP11 3EA
Received 8 Feb 202123 Glebe Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AD
Received 8 Feb 2021Land At Oakdale Golf Course Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale Blackwood
Received 8 Feb 202125 Lilian Road Blackwood NP12 1DN
Received 8 Feb 202133 St Andrews Drive Blackwood NP12 2ET
Received 5 Feb 202118A Pentwyn Road Trinant Newport NP11 3LN
Received 9 Feb 20211 Clos Maes Mawr Caerphilly CF83 2UY
Received 9 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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