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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.
7,078 approved · 1,582 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Ynys Bery Close Caerphilly CF83 2AZ
Received 29 Oct 2021Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 29 Oct 2021Land Within Curtilage Of 64 Crown Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GD
Received 29 Oct 2021Maes-Yr-Haf Maes-Yr-Haf Lane Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BS
Received 29 Oct 2021Land At Ty Oakley Farm Abercarn Mountain Road Hafodyrynys Newport NP11 5AY
Received 1 Nov 20211 Nursery Crescent Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5JT
Received 1 Nov 2021Newbold Solicitors 233 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AL
Received 2 Nov 20212 Valley Meadow Close Pantside Newport NP11 5BU
Received 2 Nov 2021284 High Street Blackwood NP12 2BN
Received 29 Oct 20213 Clos-Yr-Arad Caerphilly CF83 1TN
Received 3 Nov 202117 Gaer Place Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EQ
Received 3 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 315476 196261 And Including 40 Victoria Road Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis
Received 4 Nov 202113 Pond Row Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7LX
Received 4 Nov 2021Channel View Community Centre Hafod-y-bryn Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6LL
Received 4 Nov 202118 Tyn-Y-Graig Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LH
Received 4 Nov 2021Manchester House 1 Clifton Street Caerphilly CF83 1HA
Received 4 Nov 2021Mulberry House Gordon Road Blackwood NP12 1DS
Received 5 Nov 20219 Homeleigh Newbridge Newport NP11 4RQ
Received 5 Nov 2021Block H - Withey Court Western Industrial Estate Caerphilly
Received 5 Nov 2021Former Valley Heating 23 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QT
Received 7 Nov 202135 The Garth Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4ES
Received 8 Nov 20211 Llys Deri Commercial Street Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JA
Received 8 Nov 202112 Heolddu Grove Bargoed CF81 8UW
Received 8 Nov 20214 Nantyfelin Draethen Newport NP10 8GE
Received 9 Nov 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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