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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.
6,933 approved · 1,556 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Clos Tir-Y-Pwll Pantside Newport NP11 5GE
Received 17 May 2021Communication Site At Grid Ref 320054 198145 Maes-yr-haf Lane Croespenmaen
Received 17 May 202112 Garth Close Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EN
Received 17 May 20212 Coed-Y-Wennol Caerphilly CF83 2QL
Received 12 May 2021Unit D2 St Davids Industrial Estate Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SW
Received 17 May 20212 Birchgrove Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BQ
Received 17 May 2021Preserve Cottage Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 17 May 202126 Trosnant Crescent Penybryn Hengoed CF82 7FU
Received 17 May 20211 Griffiths Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AW
Received 18 May 202190 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AE
Received 18 May 20219 Britannia Walk Britannia Blackwood NP12 3TQ
Received 19 May 202111 Tollgate Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3AY
Received 19 May 2021Gwaun Gledyr Uchaf Old Nantgarw Road Nantgarw Cardiff Caerphilly County Borough CF15 7UN
Received 19 May 2021Hendre Newydd Bwl Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6HD
Received 19 May 2021Pengelli Farm Pant-Du Road To Tydu Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 19 May 202140 Heol Tasker Nelson Treharris CF46 6JB
Received 20 May 2021Swn-yr-afon & Thornhill Greenmeadow Bungalows Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XR
Received 20 May 2021Cefn Fforest Eco Park Dylan Avenue Cefn Fforest
Received 2 Jun 20213 The Windings Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QU
Received 21 May 202171 Merebank Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 21 May 20213 Brynhyfryd Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AZ
Received 21 May 202130 Llwyncelyn Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6HF
Received 21 May 202113 Manmoel Court Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NL
Received 21 May 2021Unit 2 Victoria House Victoria Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NU
Received 19 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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