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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.
6,904 approved · 1,554 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Mountain View Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QA
Received 4 May 20214 Railway Cottages Wattsville Newport NP11 7PU
Received 4 May 20211 Hazel Grove Caerphilly CF83 3BN
Received 29 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 315519 194639 Tabor Road Maesycwmmer
Received 5 May 2021109 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 30 Apr 2021Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Y Castell Crescent Road Caerphilly CF83 1WH
Received 29 Apr 2021Melrose 1 Cwrt Llechryd Llechryd Tredegar NP22 5QF
Received 29 Apr 202128 Penmaen Close Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JD
Received 6 May 202110 St John's Lane Nelson Treharris CF46 6JD
Received 6 May 202110 Clos Trefeddyg Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PL
Received 10 May 20218 Cae Du Mawr Caerphilly CF83 2NT
Received 18 May 202110 Maxton Court Caerphilly CF83 1QL
Received 10 May 2021Candour Talent 120-122 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AF
Received 10 May 202148 Glyn Eiddew Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PJ
Received 10 May 202140 Rhiw Farm Crescent Treowen Newport NP11 3BN
Received 4 May 2021Penywaun Farm Rhydri Primary School To Maenllwyd Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 19 May 2021Braces Bakery Ltd Unit E - Cambrian House Croespenmaen Industrial Estate Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3AG
Received 10 May 202165 Pantyfid Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DT
Received 10 May 2021Ty Ni Caledfryn Way Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2BW
Received 10 May 20212 Pantycefn Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0PX
Received 11 May 202117 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RA
Received 3 May 2021Sharpz The Village Barber Unit A 31A Waun Borfa Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3JR
Received 11 May 2021Land Adjacent To 3 Woodland Rise Deri Bargoed CF81 9JF
Received 11 May 2021Laburnum 8 Pentwyn Road Trinant Newport NP11 3LN
Received 11 May 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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