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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.
6,795 approved · 1,534 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HL
Received 1 Mar 202115 St Peters Drive Blackwood NP12 2ER
Received 1 Mar 2021Land At Grid Ref 320738 198125 Albertina Road Treowen
Received 1 Mar 2021Land At Y Fron Mountain View Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HW
Received 23 Feb 2021Ty Eglwys Rose Cottages 3 Church Street Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PJ
Received 1 Mar 20212 Ynysdawel Cottages Waterloo To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 1 Mar 2021Bwthyn Mamgu Rhyswg Farm Lane Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7FB
Received 2 Mar 2021Mount Zion Methodist Church Gellihaf Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UY
Received 2 Mar 2021Ty Gras Abernant Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0PR
Received 2 Mar 202128 Highfield Crescent Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2ED
Received 2 Mar 2021Longbridge Fields Sports Ground Tredegar Street Risca Newport NP11 6DJ
Received 3 Mar 202120 Lower Francis Street Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DX
Received 2 Mar 2021Pendarren Court Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 3 Mar 2021Land At Grid Ref 313486 188417 Abertridwr Road Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 25 Feb 20217 And 8 Bailey Street Deri Bargoed CF81 9HT
Received 25 Feb 20214 Wyndham Street Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PU
Received 3 Mar 202177 St David's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1EZ
Received 3 Mar 20211 York Place Risca Newport NP11 6FR
Received 3 Mar 2021Apostolic Church Brynglas Avenue Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DB
Received 4 Mar 2021Land At 315188 192331 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach
Received 4 Mar 2021The Nook 17 Pendinas Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GP
Received 4 Mar 202124 Byron Place Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BP
Received 4 Mar 202114 Woodbine Road Blackwood NP12 1QJ
Received 26 Feb 20211 Hazel Grove Caerphilly CF83 3BN
Received 26 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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