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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.
6,822 approved · 1,540 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Horeb Baptist Chapel Castle Hill Gelligaer
Received 18 Mar 2021Plots 4, 5 And 6 Trem-y-ffynnon The Rise Pengam
Received 22 Mar 2021Dan-y-graig Ogilvie Terrace Deri Bargoed CF81 9JB
Received 22 Mar 2021Crumlin Community Centre Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 23 Mar 2021Land At Grid Ref 310612 209029 Pontlottyn Link Road Bute Town Rhymney
Received 23 Mar 2021April Rise 18 Mountain View Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QA
Received 23 Mar 202116 Clos Cwm Garw Caerphilly CF83 2BG
Received 23 Mar 2021Llancaiach Fawr Manor Gelligaer Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6ER
Received 24 Mar 20215 Thomas Street Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PN
Received 24 Mar 202140 Lewis Crescent Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JW
Received 24 Mar 2021Thermo Fisher Scientific Unit 6 Parkway Building Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EF
Received 24 Mar 2021Ty Ar Y Graig Lower Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EB
Received 25 Mar 2021Woodfield Park House Woodfield Park Lane Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EU
Received 25 Mar 202114 Twyn Place Abercarn Newport NP11 5JX
Received 23 Mar 20211 Bryn Derwen Caerphilly CF83 2UZ
Received 25 Mar 20215 Melin Dwr Draethen Newport NP10 8GL
Received 25 Mar 202123 Properties Hafod-Yr-Ynys Road Crumlin Newport NP11 5EW
Received 25 Mar 202132 School Street Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6DN
Received 25 Mar 202129 Small Meadow Court Caerphilly CF83 3RT
Received 29 Mar 20218 Caldey Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AY
Received 29 Mar 2021Groeswen Farm Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 13 Apr 2021Ty Willow Yew Tree Cottage To The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 28 Mar 2021Rowan Tree Cottage Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 29 Mar 2021The Patriot Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 29 Mar 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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