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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.
7,127 approved · 1,584 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 12 Jan 202227 Hengoed Parc Hengoed CF82 7NG
Received 12 Jan 202219 Goshawk Rise Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BG
Received 12 Jan 202214 Cae Llwyd Caerphilly CF83 3HB
Received 13 Jan 202255 Rhodfa Coed Celynen Abercarn Casnewydd NP11 5AU
Received 13 Jan 2022Land At Grid Ref 322642 193834 The Graig Cwmcarn
Received 13 Jan 20221 Nursery Crescent Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5JT
Received 13 Jan 2022Former Cefn Fforest Fire Station Pwllglas Road Cefn Fforest
Received 12 Jan 2022Former Blackwood Junior School Pentwyn Road Blackwood
Received 12 Jan 2022Land At Former Blackwood Youth Centre Woodbine Road North Ul Blackwood
Received 12 Jan 2022Crumlin Mining School Site Mining School Hill Crumlin Newport
Received 13 Jan 202218 Lon-Y-Tresglen Caerphilly CF83 2QP
Received 14 Jan 20226 St Clears Close Caerphilly CF83 1DU
Received 14 Jan 2022140 Shingrig Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6DU
Received 14 Jan 20226 Park Lane Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7BX
Received 14 Jan 202246 Tredegar Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PP
Received 15 Jan 2022Land At Grid Ref 316985 200447 Heol Pen-Rhiw'R-Eglwys Argoed
Received 17 Jan 202269 Meadowland Close Caerphilly CF83 3SB
Received 17 Jan 2022Land At 1 Sansom Street Risca Newport NP11 6FT
Received 17 Jan 2022Former Chat 'n' Snak 132 Newport Road Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7LZ
Received 17 Jan 202224 Waungoch Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LL
Received 17 Jan 2022Soul Soothing Complimentary Therapies Unit 12 Poplar Road Caerphilly CF83 1LF
Received 17 Jan 20227 Collins' Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QL
Received 18 Jan 2022Nantymynydd 6 Gelli Avenue Risca Newport NP11 6QF
Received 18 Jan 2022Records 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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