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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.
7,091 approved · 1,583 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Lon-Y-Deri Caerphilly CF83 1DS
Received 18 Nov 2021Main Court Unit A6 Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn
Received 18 Nov 2021Gelli Pistyll Farm 9 Isobel Court Elm Drive Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6JH
Received 15 Nov 2021Camelot Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 15 Nov 2021Clerk Green 18 Main Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RN
Received 18 Nov 2021Land Opposite Highcrest Garage James Street Markham Blackwood
Received 18 Nov 202126 Park Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QA
Received 18 Nov 2021Land At (Former Garages) Grid Ref 312533 202272 Bailey Street Deri
Received 12 Nov 2021Dragonfly House The Row To Pont Y Draethen Draethen Newport NP10 8GA
Received 16 Nov 2021Land Adjacent To 1 George Street Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AW
Received 18 Nov 20213 Ambleside Court Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DJ
Received 19 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 316385 188331 Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly
Received 21 Nov 2021Bedwas Rugby Club Bedwas Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DZ
Received 21 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 314153 202932 Coedcae Tirphil
Received 23 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 314153 202932 Coedcae Tirphil
Received 23 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 314153 202932 Coedcae Tirphil
Received 23 Nov 202128 Tir Bach Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HL
Received 24 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 310752 209566 Merthyr Road Rhymney Bridge Llechryd
Received 17 Nov 2021GLJ Recycling Ltd Chapel Bridge Yard Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NL
Received 24 Nov 2021Land At Grid Ref 320862 198125 Fflorens Road Treowen
Received 25 Nov 2021Land Within Curtilage Of Willmayn Gilboa Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NN
Received 22 Nov 2021Co-operative Funeral Care (inc John Williams & Son) Hope Funeral Home Ty Fry Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FN
Received 25 Nov 202126 Acorn Lane Glyn-gaer Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FS
Received 26 Nov 2021Ty-coed Chapel Of Ease Abercarn NP11 5LH
Received 26 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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