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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.
7,166 approved · 1,589 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chartist Garden Village Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 23 Feb 2022The Shambles 5 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HG
Received 23 Feb 2022Nine Mile Point Recreation Ground Graig View Ynysddu
Received 23 Feb 2022Colliers Farm Park Caerphilly Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PR
Received 24 Feb 2022The Fish Factory 102 St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2TE
Received 24 Feb 2022Land At Grid Ref 314128 194285 Brynmynach Avenue East Ul Tredomen
Received 24 Feb 202231 Ffos Y Cerridden Nelson Treharris CF46 6HQ
Received 24 Feb 20221 Tyn-Y-Coed Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7DD
Received 8 Mar 20228 Crescent Road Risca Newport NP11 6GJ
Received 24 Feb 2022Anglefield St Martin's Crescent Caerphilly CF83 1ER
Received 25 Feb 2022Witchwood The Run Machen Caerphilly CF83 8HY
Received 25 Feb 202211 Herons Way Caerphilly CF83 1SW
Received 28 Feb 202232 New Road Deri CF81 9GJ
Received 28 Feb 2022Llanerch Farm Llanerch Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0RW
Received 28 Feb 202214 Conway Court Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1DP
Received 1 Mar 202232 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 3FA
Received 1 Mar 202270 St David's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1EZ
Received 1 Mar 2022Land Within Curtilage Of 1 Woodland Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8LD
Received 1 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 318132 189100 Navigation Street Trethomas
Received 1 Mar 20224 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EU
Received 1 Mar 2022101 Ruperra Street New Tredegar NP24 6AG
Received 3 Mar 2022Prospect House Goshen Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NE
Received 2 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 315767 196077 Beili Glas Road Fleur-de-lis
Received 2 Mar 2022Rhymney Garage Victoria Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NU
Received 3 Mar 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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