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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.
7,226 approved · 1,596 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lawn Bungalow The Lawn Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LS
Received 25 Apr 20226 Caldey Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AY
Received 26 Apr 20223 Cae Caradog Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AA
Received 26 Apr 20229 Pendarren Street Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BZ
Received 26 Apr 202225 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DL
Received 26 Apr 20228 Waterloo Terrace Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9RG
Received 26 Apr 202242 Wingfield Crescent Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3NU
Received 26 Apr 2022Travellers Rest Inn Mountain Road Thornhill Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 28 Apr 2022Mayberry Pharmacy 40 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JP
Received 28 Apr 2022Mayberry Pharmacy 40 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JP
Received 28 Apr 2022Mayberry Pharmacist 15 Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 28 Apr 2022Mayberry Pharmacist 15 Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 28 Apr 2022Mayberry Pharmacy 175 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 28 Apr 202221 Alexandra Place Newbridge Newport NP11 4ES
Received 28 Apr 202241 Tir-Berllan Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GZ
Received 28 Apr 20221 Aspen Avenue Blackwood NP12 1WW
Received 3 May 2022Land Rear Of Cedar Lodge Pennar Close Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HE
Received 3 May 202242 Bryn Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0QB
Received 3 May 20226 Greenmeadow Bungalows Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XR
Received 3 May 2022Sunville Bungalow High Street Blackwood NP12 1AN
Received 3 May 20221 Oakfield Gardens Machen Caerphilly CF83 8RS
Received 3 May 202279 High Street Blackwood NP12 1BA
Received 3 May 202219 Woodland Terrace Abercarn Newport NP11 4SQ
Received 4 May 202215 Navigation Road Risca Newport NP11 6FF
Received 4 May 2022Records 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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