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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.
7,395 approved · 1,613 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Berllan Gollan House Rhydri Primary School To Maenllwyd Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 22 Sept 2022Ty Coppi Farm Twyn-gwyn Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7AY
Received 22 Sept 202266 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 24 Sept 202230 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 24 Sept 2022Avalon Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1BW
Received 25 Sept 202214 Van Terrace Caerphilly CF83 3EE
Received 26 Sept 20229 Llwyn Coed Blackwood NP12 1FT
Received 26 Sept 2022Land At Grid Ref 321039 197883 Manor Park Newbridge
Received 26 Sept 2022Caerau House Pengam Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BX
Received 27 Sept 2022Land Within Curtilage Of 50 The Crescent Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SW
Received 27 Sept 2022Land At 7 Pantglas Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 28 Sept 2022Tipyn Bach Ty Isaf Farm Pandy-mawr Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EQ
Received 29 Sept 2022Ty'r Sais Stables Ty'r Sais Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0JA
Received 16 Sept 2022Street Record James Street Tirphil
Received 13 Sept 2022Gilfach Station Angel Lane Gilfach
Received 13 Sept 2022Footbridge At Grid Ref 315747 186546 Station Terrace Caerphilly
Received 14 Sept 20229 The Green Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NX
Received 29 Sept 2022Former Anne Hairdressing Salon 10 Tynewydd Terrace Newbridge Newport NP11 4LU
Received 29 Sept 20229 Neuaddwen Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BD
Received 21 Sept 2022Land Within Morgan Street Works Llanbradach
Received 3 Oct 2022118 Markham Crescent Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LZ
Received 3 Oct 2022Greyhound Stadium Tredomen Athletic Football Club Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 4 Oct 2022244 Elm Drive Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6PB
Received 4 Oct 2022113 Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9AY
Received 3 Oct 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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