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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.
7,059 approved · 1,577 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Chapel Street Deri Bargoed CF81 9GQ
Received 27 Sept 20218 King Edward Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HE
Received 28 Sept 2021Ty Maen Farm Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ER
Received 29 Sept 2021Graig-yr-hufen Farm Graig-yr-hufen Road Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4BW
Received 29 Sept 2021Unit C Riverside Court Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JG
Received 29 Sept 2021Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 29 Sept 20216 Tyn-Y-Cwm Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NQ
Received 28 Sept 2021Land At Grid Ref 313169 206548 Wauntysswg Farm Abertysswg Rhymney Tredegar
Received 1 Oct 202110 Woodland Drive Trinant Newport NP11 3LP
Received 5 Oct 2021Rowan Tree Cottage Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 1 Oct 20212 Acorn Lane Glyn-gaer Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FS
Received 1 Oct 2021Village Surgery 2-3 Lewis Terrace Oak Terrace Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3JZ
Received 1 Oct 2021Pixie Corner (Former Bargoed Methodist Church) Heol Fargoed Bargoed
Received 4 Oct 202131 Meadow Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AQ
Received 4 Oct 2021Land At Grid Ref 313169 206548 Wauntysswg Farm Abertysswg Rhymney Tredegar
Received 4 Oct 2021R F Brookes Azalea Road Rogerstone Newport NP10 9SA
Received 5 Oct 20214 Station Street Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HQ
Received 5 Oct 2021Ty Ni Caledfryn Way Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2BW
Received 6 Oct 20212 Coed-Y-Wennol Caerphilly CF83 2QL
Received 1 Oct 20218 Glas Fryn Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TN
Received 6 Oct 202160 Park Road Bargoed CF81 8SR
Received 30 Sept 202124 Mill-race Abercarn Newport NP11 4TL
Received 1 Oct 2021Plot 1 Land Adjacent To Mount Pleasant Inn Mount Pleasant Row Pentwyn Bargoed CF81 9NJ
Received 1 Oct 2021Plot 1 Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 Bedwellty Road To Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Aberbargoed
Received 1 Oct 2021Records 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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