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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.
7,307 approved · 1,604 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Springfield Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6LZ
Received 5 Jul 202232 Rosemont Avenue Gelli Park Risca Newport NP11 6HT
Received 5 Jul 2022The Cobbles Old Brewery Lane Rhymney
Received 5 Jul 2022Orangebox Ltd Unit 3 East Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed CF82 7SU
Received 5 Jul 2022Unit 2A Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EF
Received 5 Jul 2022Land At Grid Ref 311540 190782 Kingsley Place East Ul Senghenydd
Received 5 Jul 202229 Hawthorn Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PB
Received 9 Aug 2022Virginia Park Garage Melville Terrace Caerphilly CF83 3HE
Received 4 Jul 2022Land At Grid Ref 315767 196077 Beili Glas Road Fleur-de-lis
Received 4 Jul 202231 Trosnant Crescent Penybryn Hengoed CF82 7FU
Received 6 Jul 202241 Tir-Berllan Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GZ
Received 5 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To 1 Pontgam Terrace Pontgam Terrace Ynysddu
Received 6 Jul 202253 Ludlow Street Caerphilly CF83 1GH
Received 6 Jul 2022Land At Grid Ref 322601 193816 The Graig Cwmcarn
Received 6 Jul 20227 Tir-Berllan Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GZ
Received 15 Aug 2022Kerrfield Heol Fargoed Bargoed CF81 8PQ
Received 30 Jun 2022Riverstone Rhymney Walk Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5BL
Received 20 Jul 20221 Sansom Street Risca Newport NP11 6FT
Received 7 Jul 2022Farnham 11 Lon Pennant Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1EL
Received 7 Jul 202216 Commercial Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DX
Received 7 Jul 20227 Trelys Close Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UT
Received 8 Jul 202210 Maes-Y-Garn Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NA
Received 9 Jul 20229 Heol-Yr-Onen Caerphilly CF83 1AR
Received 11 Jul 20224 Summerfield Lane Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RE
Received 20 Jul 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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