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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.
7,285 approved · 1,602 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Coed Moelfa Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5LF
Received 14 Jun 202275 Tredegar Street Risca
Received 24 Jun 202232A Church Road Risca Newport NP11 6FH
Received 7 Jun 2022Former Cwmcarn High School Chapel Farm Terrace To Cwmcarn School Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NG
Received 14 Jun 2022Currys-PC World & The Carphone Warehouse Unit 9 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 15 Jun 202221 Pleasant Close Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GQ
Received 15 Jun 20221 Half Acre Court Caerphilly CF83 3SU
Received 15 Jun 2022Laagan 46 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HL
Received 15 Jun 20228 Twyn Place Abercarn Newport NP11 5JX
Received 16 Jun 2022Twyn Gwyn Cottage Maes-Yr-Haf Lane Newbridge Newport NP11 4RX
Received 16 Jun 2022Land At Grid Ref 320067 196914 Gilboa Road Newbridge
Received 14 Jul 202263 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AW
Received 15 Jun 202226 Denbigh Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UN
Received 17 Jun 202219 Heol-Y-Cwm Watford Caerphilly CF83 1NN
Received 20 Jun 202233 Pen-Y-Dre Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2NZ
Received 20 Jun 2022Unit 3B Block C Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2XF
Received 20 Jun 202237 Tir Bach Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HL
Received 18 Jun 202263 Bryn Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0QF
Received 20 Jun 2022The Top Shop And Post Office 100A Ty Coch Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5DJ
Received 20 Jun 2022Land At Grid Ref 315335 192213 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach
Received 20 Jun 2022Land At Block C Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith
Received 22 Jun 2022Virginia Park Golf Clubhouse And Driving Range Virginia Park Caerphilly CF83 3SN
Received 22 Jun 2022Tegwyn House Glyn Terrace Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9JP
Received 23 Jun 202217 St Peters Drive Blackwood NP12 2ER
Received 23 Jun 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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