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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.
7,065 approved · 1,578 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grid Ref 310978 191842 Graig-yr-hufen Road Senghenydd
Received 6 Oct 2021Westfield Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4GY
Received 6 Oct 202157 Penylan Road Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AY
Received 1 Oct 202117 St Helen's Court Caerphilly CF83 1DL
Received 6 Oct 2021Osborne Villa Southend Terrace Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9RL
Received 7 Oct 20214 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EU
Received 7 Oct 2021Land At Grid Ref 323835 194805 Rhyswg Ganol Farm Lane Cwmcarn
Received 8 Oct 20215 Camnant Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7FF
Received 8 Oct 2021Land At Colliers Cottage Caerphilly Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PR
Received 8 Oct 2021Former Cwmcarn High School Chapel Farm Terrace To Cwmcarn School Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NG
Received 8 Oct 2021Unit A Highfields Way Blackwood NP12 1SL
Received 11 Oct 20218 Holyhead Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UH
Received 11 Oct 202197 Coed Celynen Drive Abercarn Newport NP11 5AT
Received 12 Oct 202130 Clos Coed Bach Blackwood NP12 1GT
Received 6 Oct 2021Ty Gwyn 60 Abernant Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0PR
Received 13 Oct 202111 Crescent Road Risca Newport NP11 6GJ
Received 13 Oct 202110 Garth Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DR
Received 13 Oct 202119 Quantock Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6QW
Received 14 Oct 20215 Pen-Y-Lan Terrace Treowen Newport NP11 3DH
Received 14 Oct 2021129 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HH
Received 12 Oct 20212 The Meadows Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 7AR
Received 11 Oct 20211 Cae Pen-Y-Graig Caerphilly CF83 2AD
Received 14 Oct 2021Plot 2 Land Adjacent To Mount Pleasant Row Pentwyn Bargoed CF81 9NJ
Received 1 Oct 202154 Penylan Road Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AY
Received 18 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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