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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.
7,174 approved · 1,589 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Laburnum 8 Pentwyn Road Trinant Newport NP11 3LN
Received 3 Mar 2022Valley Gymnastics Academy Unit H3 Croespenmaen Industrial Estate Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3AG
Received 3 Mar 2022Land Within Curtilage Of 1 Twyn-Yr-Arian Cottages Twyn-Yr-Arian Farm Lane Llechryd Tredegar NP22 5QX
Received 4 Mar 2022T G Howell And Sons Limited Clifton Street Rogerstone Risca Newport NP10 9YU
Received 4 Mar 202286A Toronto Close Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0UY
Received 4 Mar 20221 Vere Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8LA
Received 4 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 314943 199214 Park Drive Bargoed
Received 7 Mar 2022Ty Gryffydd Abertridwr Road Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AP
Received 6 Mar 202274 Heol Barri Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2LX
Received 6 Mar 202244 Gellideg Isaf Rise Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RB
Received 6 Mar 202213 Derwendeg Avenue Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HQ
Received 7 Mar 202210 Maes-Y-Garn Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NA
Received 7 Mar 2022Golygfa'r-cwm School Lane Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LX
Received 7 Mar 202259 Heol Ty-Gwyn Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PA
Received 7 Mar 2022Plot 9 & Plot 10 Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham Blackwood NP12 0RU
Received 7 Mar 2022Gelli Farm Gelli Farm Lane Trinant Newport NP11 3AZ
Received 7 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 311540 190782 Kingsley Place East Ul Senghenydd
Received 7 Mar 202228 Penmaen Close Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JD
Received 8 Mar 2022Cartref Yr Hen Gapel New Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7GU
Received 8 Mar 2022Cartref Yr Hen Gapel New Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7GU
Received 8 Mar 202222 Starling Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BH
Received 9 Mar 2022The De-Winton Grid Ref 314811 To 190057 De Winton Terrace Llanbradach Caerphilly
Received 9 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 317533 193532 The Glade Wyllie
Received 9 Mar 2022Shop Unit 27 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 9 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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