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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.
7,137 approved · 1,585 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Mountbatten Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PF
Received 28 Jan 20221 Castle Cottages Castle Hill Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8DZ
Received 28 Jan 2022Land At Grid Ref 311809 189556 Windsor Way Abertridwr
Received 31 Jan 202220 Penmaen Close Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JD
Received 31 Jan 2022Mini Miners Club Ltd Cameron House 57 Commercial Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DY
Received 1 Feb 202226 Lon Y Fesen Glyn-gaer Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FS
Received 1 Feb 202274 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 1 Feb 2022Ty Caddy 8 Bailey Street Deri Bargoed CF81 9HT
Received 1 Feb 20221 Sycamore Houses St Davids Lane Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PH
Received 1 Feb 202226 Summerfield Lane Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RE
Received 31 Jan 20224 Julian Heights Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3TT
Received 2 Feb 2022Former Deb's Cafe 3 High Street Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4GF
Received 1 Feb 2022Preswylfa 13 Bryngwyn Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4GX
Received 2 Feb 20227 Gelli-Ron Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HF
Received 2 Feb 2022Skansen 27 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PT
Received 2 Feb 2022Former White Hart Inn Newbridge Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FX
Received 2 Feb 202228 Clos Coed Bach Blackwood NP12 1GT
Received 2 Feb 2022Ironbridge Cottage The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 2 Feb 20221 Mersey Close Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FZ
Received 3 Feb 20227 Highfield Crescent Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2ED
Received 31 Jan 2022Plots 7 And 8 Land To The South Of Ty Carreg Las 38 The Glade Wyllie Blackwood
Received 1 Feb 202223 Cardiff Road Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XE
Received 3 Feb 2022Ty Gawla Isaf Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 3 Feb 20221 Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Draethen Newport NP10 8GH
Received 3 Feb 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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