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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.
6,969 approved · 1,561 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Cardigan Way Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1GB
Received 14 Jun 202157A Ffwrwm Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NY
Received 14 Jun 202131 Ffordd Y Maes Caerphilly CF83 2DA
Received 14 Jun 2021Brew Monster Brewing Co 1 Lon-Y-Twyn Caerphilly CF83 1NW
Received 15 Jun 2021The Manse Church Road Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DL
Received 15 Jun 2021Ty Yn Y Pwll Hotel Newport Road Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BR
Received 15 Jun 2021Libanus Christian Community Centre Libanus Road Blackwood
Received 15 Jun 2021Land Within The Curtilage Of Hawthorn Cottage Garth Place To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 15 Jun 2021Land Within The Curtilage Of 1 Cae Pen-Y-Graig Caerphilly CF83 2AD
Received 16 Jun 2021Ty Pen Y Cae Park Place Newbridge Newport NP11 4RN
Received 16 Jun 2021Travis Perkins Unit 27 Abercarn Industrial Estate Bridge Street Abercarn Newport NP11 5EY
Received 16 Jun 202137 Waun Draw Caerphilly CF83 3SL
Received 16 Jun 2021Land At Lylac Ridge Dan Y Graig Stables Dan Y Graig Road Risca Newport NP11 6DR
Received 17 Jun 2021Coed Duon House St Davids Lane Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PQ
Received 17 Jun 202114 Gwerthonor Road Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JR
Received 17 Jun 2021Gelli Hir Farm Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6PL
Received 17 Jun 20217 Sunnybank Tirphil New Tredegar NP24 6EL
Received 18 Jun 2021G8 - Garage Heol Trecastell Caerphilly
Received 18 Jun 2021Bryn Glas 256 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 18 Jun 202118 Downey Grove Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8LE
Received 18 Jun 20217 Nantyfelin Draethen Newport NP10 8GE
Received 21 Jun 202117 Graigwen Crescent Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BN
Received 21 Jun 2021Pengraig Pennar Farmhouse Cefn Pennar Lane Pant-yr-resk Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 5AG
Received 21 Jun 202132 St Mary Street Risca Newport NP11 6GS
Received 22 Jun 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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