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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.
7,239 approved · 1,597 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Travellers Rest Inn Mountain Road Thornhill Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 4 May 2022Land At Grid Ref 320134 188913 Cwmnofydd Farm Lane Machen
Received 3 May 2022Shop Unit B 93 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NB
Received 4 May 202240 Waungoch Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LL
Received 5 May 20222 Acorn Lane Glyn-gaer Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FS
Received 5 May 202267 Ridgeway Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RD
Received 5 May 2022A Schulman Inc Ltd Croespenmaen Industrial Estate East Maes-Yr-Haf Lane Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3AF
Received 5 May 2022GLJ Recycling Ltd Chapel Bridge Yard Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NL
Received 6 May 202220 Morlais Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UG
Received 5 May 2022Owl Bungalow Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 6 May 202249 Priorsgate Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EL
Received 9 May 20224 Caldey Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AY
Received 9 May 202212 Elim Way Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AA
Received 12 May 20222 Caldicot Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2TJ
Received 9 May 2022Green Acres 11 Lon Pennant Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1EL
Received 10 May 2022Wingfield Stores 41 Wingfield Crescent Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3NU
Received 11 May 2022Heddfan Tyn-Y-Graig Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LH
Received 10 May 2022Travellers Rest Inn Mountain Road Thornhill Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 10 May 2022Travellers Rest Inn Mountain Road Thornhill Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 10 May 202244 Lewis Drive Caerphilly CF83 3FT
Received 10 May 2022Land At Grid Ref 314350 187632 Former 49 Club & Institute The Crescent Trecenydd
Received 12 May 2022Land At Grid Ref 322029 195899 Oak Street Abercarn
Received 11 May 2022Brynhyfryd Crescent Road Caerphilly CF83 1AB
Received 11 May 20226 Sycamore Court Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0DA
Received 12 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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