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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.
7,313 approved · 1,604 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1&2 Hill Street Abercarn Newport NP11 5JL
Received 11 Jul 2022St Johns Church Park Street Cwmcarn
Received 11 Jul 202217 Victoria Terrace Newbridge Newport NP11 4EU
Received 12 Jul 2022Land Within Curtilage Of 1 Woodland Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8LD
Received 12 Jul 202268 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EN
Received 13 Jul 2022Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 13 Jul 20224 St Annes Gardens Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BS
Received 13 Jul 20228 Mining School Close Crumlin Newport NP11 4AQ
Received 13 Jul 2022Land To The Rear Of 18 Portland Place Blackwood NP12 3PJ
Received 14 Jul 2022Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 14 Jul 2022Moorlands 74 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EN
Received 14 Jul 202212 Donald Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6EB
Received 14 Jul 2022The Chimneys Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BE
Received 7 Jul 2022Former Nelson Ambulance Station Site Tai Siriol Nelson Treharris
Received 14 Jul 2022Land At Pencoed Fawr Farm Pencoed Fawr Farm Lane Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 11 Jul 202215 Navigation Road Risca Newport NP11 6FF
Received 15 Jul 202220 Brynhyfryd Terrace Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PZ
Received 18 Jul 2022Caerau House Pengam Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BX
Received 18 Jul 2022Porset Farm Old Bedwas Road Porset Caerphilly CF83 3RZ
Received 18 Jul 2022Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 19 Jul 2022Land At Grid Ref 320943 189350 Sunny Bank Terrace Machen
Received 19 Jul 2022Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 19 Jul 2022Land At Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 19 Jul 2022Land At Grid Ref 315113 188791 Trecenydd To Pwllypant Energlyn Caerphilly
Received 19 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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