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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.
7,132 approved · 1,584 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Tanybryn Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JR
Received 19 Jan 202225 Cedar Road Trinant Newport NP11 3JW
Received 19 Jan 202223 Rhyd-Y-Gwern Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3NN
Received 19 Jan 202286A Toronto Close Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0UY
Received 19 Jan 2022Lansbury Surgery Wedgewood Court Caerphilly CF83 1RD
Received 20 Jan 202210 Cae Marchog Caerphilly CF83 2TZ
Received 20 Jan 2022Sunnyside Cottage Craig Llan To Nant-Y-Cwm Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EB
Received 20 Jan 2022Land At Maes Y Dderwen Heol Las Nelson Treharris CF46 6PX
Received 20 Jan 2022Tir Jenkin Farm Waterloo To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 20 Jan 2022Alpine Cottage Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 21 Jan 2022Land At The Solar Strand Hotel High Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7BY
Received 21 Jan 202244 James Street Markham Blackwood NP12 0QP
Received 21 Jan 2022Oak Tree Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6NR
Received 24 Jan 202217 Park View Bungalows Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DE
Received 21 Jan 2022Land Adjacent To Y Bwthyn Gwerthonor Lane Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JT
Received 21 Jan 2022Gelli Farm Gelli Farm Lane Trinant Newport NP11 3AZ
Received 25 Jan 2022Beeches Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HT
Received 26 Jan 202250 Forest Avenue Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HZ
Received 26 Jan 2022The Rectory High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HA
Received 27 Jan 2022Evolution Fitness Unit 2 Withey Dyffryn Court Alder Avenue Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TT
Received 27 Jan 2022Evolution Fitness Unit 2 Withey Dyffryn Court Alder Avenue Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TT
Received 27 Jan 2022Centreprise 9 Alder Avenue Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TW
Received 28 Jan 202217 West View Crescent Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JG
Received 28 Jan 2022Land At Grid Ref 312805 205758 Warn's Terrace North Lane Abertysswg
Received 28 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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