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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.
7,472 approved · 1,624 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Green Meadow Cottage Darran Road Risca Newport NP11 6GY
Received 9 Dec 202212 Elim Way Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AA
Received 8 Dec 2022Land At Former Pen-y-waun Inn Upper High Street Rhymney
Received 12 Dec 2022Ty Ar Y Graig Lower Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EB
Received 12 Dec 202282 Beaumaris Way Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1DE
Received 8 Dec 202239 Carno Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5EE
Received 13 Dec 2022Pennar Barn Cefn Pennar Lane Pant-yr-resk Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 5AG
Received 13 Dec 2022Former Clinic Ashfield Road Newbridge
Received 13 Dec 2022Land Within The Curtilage Of Westwinds New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 13 Dec 202212 Ashgrove Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6LR
Received 12 Dec 2022Libanus Primary School Libanus Road Blackwood NP12 1EH
Received 14 Dec 2022Sunnyside Cottage Craig Llan To Nant-Y-Cwm Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EB
Received 15 Dec 202217 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EH
Received 16 Dec 2022Villa Mulberry 18 Underwood Caerphilly CF83 1HW
Received 16 Dec 2022Gilfach Fargoed Fawr Farm Cardiff Road Bargoed
Received 16 Dec 202263 Woodside Walk Wattsville Newport NP11 7NZ
Received 16 Dec 2022The Old Granary Old Nantgarw Road Nantgarw Cardiff CF15 7UN
Received 16 Dec 2022Land At Grid Ref 319662 198758 Ton-y-felin Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 16 Dec 20226A Van Road Caerphilly CF83 1LB
Received 20 Dec 2022Land Adj To Rowan Tree Cottage Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 20 Dec 2022Fifty Shades Hair Studio 48A Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JQ
Received 20 Dec 2022Unit 2 Oakwood Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3HY
Received 21 Dec 2022Horeb Welsh Baptist Church Castle Street Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8EB
Received 20 Dec 2022Horeb Welsh Baptist Church Castle Street Gelligaer CF82 8EB
Received 20 Dec 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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