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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.
7,075 approved · 1,579 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 3 37 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly
Received 22 Oct 2021Chemical Corporation (UK) Ltd 12 Bedwas Business Centre Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 22 Oct 2021Ty Lwyfan Graig-Y-Bedw Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6NS
Received 25 Oct 2021Navigation Colliery Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin
Received 25 Oct 2021Navigation Colliery Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin
Received 25 Oct 202154 Half Acre Court Caerphilly CF83 3SU
Received 22 Oct 2021Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 25 Oct 2021Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 25 Oct 202161 Waun Borfa Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3LA
Received 25 Oct 2021Sutherland Trading Company Ltd Unit 3 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8XQ
Received 22 Oct 2021Meadow View High Street Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HG
Received 25 Oct 2021Hollybush Inn The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 26 Oct 20211 Llwyn Coed Blackwood NP12 1FT
Received 27 Oct 2021Former Ryders Mountain Bikes 13 Park Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EL
Received 27 Oct 2021Red Lion Bryngwyn Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4GX
Received 27 Oct 20217 Chester Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UP
Received 22 Oct 2021Waun Y Coed Twyn College Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 3NR
Received 28 Oct 2021Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Hospital Ffordd Ystrad Fawr Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GP
Received 28 Oct 2021Anglefield St Martin's Crescent Caerphilly CF83 1ER
Received 28 Oct 2021Brynheulog Bungalow 9 Old Parish Road Hengoed CF82 7HU
Received 26 Oct 202144 Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HW
Received 27 Oct 2021Colliers Farm Park Caerphilly Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PR
Received 28 Oct 20216 Chapel Gardens Abercarn Newport NP11 5GN
Received 29 Oct 2021Land At Grid Ref 320841 197681 Elidyr Road Treowen
Received 28 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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