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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.
7,323 approved · 1,604 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Manmoel Stud Cwm Cwrt Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0GA
Received 19 Jul 202215 Goodrich Street Caerphilly CF83 1JY
Received 20 Jul 202242-43 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RD
Received 20 Jul 2022Caerphilly Train Station Station Terrace Caerphilly
Received 8 Jul 2022Centreprise 9 Alder Avenue Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TW
Received 21 Jul 202239 Carno Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5EE
Received 22 Jul 20228 Gelli-Unig Terrace Gelli-Unig Road Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GF
Received 22 Jul 2022107 Beaumaris Way Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1DQ
Received 22 Jul 2022Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Caerffili Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HG
Received 25 Jul 202222 Starling Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BH
Received 25 Jul 2022Glan Y Mor 19B Cwm Braenar Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DS
Received 19 Jul 2022Pontygwindy Allotment Pontygwindy Road East Ul Caerphilly
Received 25 Jul 2022Glan-y-nant Learning Centre Hanbury Street Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XP
Received 25 Jul 2022Oakleaf Recycling Ltd Unit 23 Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HZ
Received 26 Jul 202218 Tai'r Heol Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DL
Received 21 Jul 20223 And 5 St Ilan's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1EW
Received 26 Jul 20227 Vicarage Close Bargoed CF81 8TR
Received 18 Jul 202244 Lewis Drive Caerphilly CF83 3FT
Received 26 Jul 2022Quinton The Fairways Blackwood NP12 1HX
Received 27 Jul 20225 Paxton Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HL
Received 27 Jul 2022Land At The Rear 8 Melin Dwr Draethen Newport NP10 8GL
Received 27 Jul 2022Gwern Y Goytre Gwern-Y-Goytre To Michaelston Bridge Michaelston-y-fedw Cardiff CF3 6XT
Received 27 Jul 20222 Duffryn Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GJ
Received 28 Jul 20227 Beech Tree View Caerphilly CF83 1DX
Received 28 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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