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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.
6,877 approved · 1,545 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park Villas Park Road Bargoed CF81 8SP
Received 14 Apr 2021Unit B Garage Block High Street Abertridwr
Received 14 Apr 20212 McLaren Cottages Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BH
Received 13 Apr 2021Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 14 Apr 20211 Tydfil Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EF
Received 14 Apr 202151 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DN
Received 15 Apr 20212 Coed Gethin Caerphilly CF83 2AE
Received 15 Apr 2021Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 15 Apr 2021Old School House Heol Caerffili Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EP
Received 16 Apr 20213 Chapel Gardens Abercarn Newport NP11 5GN
Received 16 Apr 20213 Lawrence Villas Treowen Newport NP11 3AS
Received 19 Apr 2021Groeswen Farm Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 19 Apr 2021Groeswen Farm Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 19 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 314579 193956 Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 19 Apr 202156 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 19 Apr 202128 Rowland Drive Caerphilly CF83 1TX
Received 19 Apr 202197 Dol-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HL
Received 20 Apr 20212 Starling Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BH
Received 20 Apr 2021Ardachu Park Place Newbridge Newport NP11 4RN
Received 20 Apr 2021Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 20 Apr 2021Rose Lodge Pennar Close Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HD
Received 20 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 Bedwellty Road To Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Aberbargoed
Received 20 Apr 20211 Merthyr Road Princetown Tredegar NP22 3AE
Received 20 Apr 20216 Pendinas Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GP
Received 20 Apr 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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