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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.
7,515 approved · 1,634 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Nursery Rise Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HD
Received 7 Feb 20239 Moriah Mews Risca Newport NP11 6RL
Received 8 Feb 202356 Meadowland Close Caerphilly CF83 3SB
Received 8 Feb 2023Land Adj To 30 Wellspring Terrace Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BE
Received 8 Feb 202336 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 8 Feb 2023Former Oakdale Comprehensive School Oakdale
Received 8 Feb 202362 Beaumaris Way Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1DE
Received 9 Feb 2023Bona Vista Twyn-gwyn Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7AW
Received 8 Feb 2023Land At Islwyn Workshops Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca
Received 9 Feb 20232 Tyn-Y-Cwm Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NQ
Received 9 Feb 20231 Redbrook Court St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1ED
Received 9 Feb 202329 Crescent Road Risca Newport NP11 6GJ
Received 10 Feb 202328 Pantglas Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DR
Received 10 Feb 2023Gilfach Fargoed Fawr Farm Cardiff Road Bargoed
Received 10 Feb 2023Solar Farm (Cwm Ifor) Bowls Lane Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 6 Feb 2023Land Within Curtilage Of Willmayn Gilboa Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NN
Received 8 Feb 2023Communication Mast Caerphilly Station Park & Ride Station Terrace Caerphilly Cf83 1Ll Caerphilly CF83 1LL
Received 10 Feb 2023Woodfield Park House Woodfield Park Lane Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EU
Received 10 Feb 2023Bramble Cottage Cwm-Yr-Allt Lane Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AW
Received 13 Feb 20236 Park Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4RF
Received 13 Feb 202372 High Meadow Abercarn Newport NP11 5AE
Received 13 Feb 2023Land At West Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta
Received 13 Feb 2023Former Pontymister Service Station Newport Road Pontymister Risca
Received 13 Feb 2023Rosalyn 31 King Charles Road Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HF
Received 10 Feb 2023Records 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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