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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.
6,983 approved · 1,566 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 The Spinney Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PJ
Received 30 Jun 2021Land At Grid Ref 315379 195029 Raglan Road Hengoed
Received 30 Jun 2021Land At Grid Ref 314350 187632 Former 49 Club & Institute The Crescent Trecenydd Caerphilly
Received 30 Jun 2021Mormon Church (Latter Day Saints) Highfields Lane Blackwood NP12 1SG
Received 30 Jun 2021Land At Grid Ref 319662 198758 Ton-Y-Felin Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 30 Jun 2021Llanbradach Centre For Health 12 Pencerrig Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LR
Received 30 Jun 202178 Woodside Drive Newbridge Newport NP11 4NQ
Received 23 Jun 20216 Heol Cwarrel Clark Caerphilly CF83 2NE
Received 23 Jun 2021Land At Chapel Street (Former Tbernacle Chapel Hall) Deri
Received 1 Jul 202118 Lon-Y-Tresglen Caerphilly CF83 2QP
Received 1 Jul 2021Highfield Bungalow The Graig Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7FA
Received 30 Jun 2021Land At (Former Garages) Grid Ref 317584 188996 Llanfabon Drive South Lane Trethomas
Received 1 Jul 202135 Ynys Bery Close Caerphilly CF83 2AZ
Received 1 Jul 2021Trianon 8 Tre-Lyn Lane Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3XU
Received 1 Jul 20217 Ffordd Penrhos Caerphilly CF83 2BA
Received 1 Jul 20211 The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GD
Received 1 Jul 20211 The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GD
Received 1 Jul 20219 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 2 Jul 20214 Waterloo Terrace Waterloo Terrace Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NN
Received 25 Jun 2021Cwmwbwb Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HL
Received 2 Jul 202150 Crown Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GD
Received 2 Jul 202156 Penylan Road Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AY
Received 5 Jul 20211 Charles Street Caerphilly CF83 3AQ
Received 5 Jul 202127 Springfield Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6LZ
Received 5 Jul 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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