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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.
7,046 approved · 1,575 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Within Curtilage Of 2 Raglan Road Hengoed CF82 7LX
Received 13 Sept 2021Land Within The Curtilage Of Westwinds New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 15 Sept 20219 Cwrt Y Coed Blackwood NP12 1GL
Received 16 Sept 2021103 Cefn Road Blackwood NP12 1JA
Received 15 Sept 20215 Heol Ganol Caerphilly CF83 1AS
Received 15 Sept 202120 Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BW
Received 15 Sept 2021Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 16 Sept 2021Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 17 Sept 202115 Castell Y Fan Caerphilly CF83 3JL
Received 17 Sept 202193 Shingrig Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6DU
Received 13 Sept 2021Unit 2 37 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3TH
Received 17 Sept 2021Land Between 1 Clos Tyrywen And 133 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 20 Sept 2021Land Off Blackvein Road Risca NP11 7PS
Received 13 Sept 202129 Small Meadow Court Caerphilly CF83 3RT
Received 10 Sept 202180 Cotswold Way Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6RG
Received 20 Sept 202114 Foundry Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AL
Received 14 Sept 2021The Old Watermill Rudry Mill Farm Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EB
Received 21 Sept 20213 Trinity Close Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DT
Received 21 Sept 2021Ty Pentre Farm Pentre Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2BG
Received 11 Oct 202117 Sword Hill Caerphilly CF83 2AG
Received 21 Sept 202113 Nursery Rise Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HD
Received 21 Sept 20216 Heol Cwarrel Clark Caerphilly CF83 2NE
Received 20 Sept 2021The Old Watermill Rudry Mill Farm Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EB
Received 21 Sept 2021Rear Of 33 Goshen Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NF
Received 15 Sept 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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