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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.
7,009 approved · 1,572 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Ashgrove Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6LR
Received 30 Jul 2021Land At Graddfa Industrial Estate Llanbradach
Received 30 Jul 202187 - 89 High Street Blackwood NP12 1PN
Received 30 Jul 202114 King Charles Road Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HF
Received 30 Jul 2021Land North Of Hendredenny Drive Hendredenny Caerphilly
Received 30 Jul 2021Delamere Garth Place To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 30 Jul 2021Land North Of Hendredenny Drive Hendredenny Caerphilly
Received 30 Jul 2021Ysgol Penalltau Heol Cwm Calon Penallta Hengoed CF82 6AP
Received 2 Aug 20213 Ware Road Caerphilly CF83 1SX
Received 2 Aug 202110 Waunfawr Park Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PH
Received 2 Aug 2021Land At Grid Ref 317533 193532 The Glade Wyllie
Received 2 Aug 2021Ty Carreg Las 38 The Glade Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HB
Received 2 Aug 2021Spare Moments 21 Old Parish Road Hengoed CF82 7HU
Received 2 Aug 202123 The Glade Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HB
Received 2 Aug 2021Land At Cwmgelli Blackwood
Received 2 Aug 2021Former Cwm Ifor Primary School Site Caerphilly
Received 2 Aug 202118 & 20 High Street Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JJ
Received 3 Aug 202129 Priorsgate Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EL
Received 3 Aug 202133 Dan-Y-Darren Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PU
Received 3 Aug 2021Tir Jenkin Farm Waterloo To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 3 Aug 202131 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PT
Received 3 Aug 20219 Highfield Crescent Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2ED
Received 2 Aug 202117 Park View Bungalows Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DE
Received 2 Aug 2021Former Nelson Ambulance Station Site Tai Siriol Nelson Treharris
Received 3 Aug 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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