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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.
7,553 approved · 1,642 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Addison Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1EN
Received 30 Mar 20234 Herons View Pengam Blackwood NP12 3XA
Received 24 Mar 2023Willmayn Gilboa Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NN
Received 29 Mar 2023104 St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2TE
Received 30 Mar 202369 Lewis Drive Caerphilly CF83 3RA
Received 12 Apr 2023Former Caerphilly Police Station Mountain Road Caerphilly
Received 31 Mar 2023Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Allta Central Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XQ
Received 31 Mar 2023Land Opposite DS Smith Head Office Beddau Way Caerphilly CF83 2AX
Received 31 Mar 2023Murray's Upper High Street Bargoed CF81 8QY
Received 29 Mar 20232 The Meadows Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PN
Received 29 Mar 202324 Lon Uchaf Caerphilly CF83 1BR
Received 29 Mar 2023Land At Grid Ref 315481 186875 Park Lane Caerphilly
Received 3 Apr 202330 Trinity Close Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DT
Received 4 Apr 2023Mulberry House Gordon Road Blackwood NP12 1DS
Received 5 Apr 2023Bowls Pavilion Ystrad Mynach Park Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 5 Apr 2023Thorndale Llanarth Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2LG
Received 5 Apr 2023Block H - Withey Court Western Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 1BF
Received 6 Apr 2023Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 6 Apr 2023Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Allta Central Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XQ
Received 6 Apr 2023Stables Twyn College Lane Pentwyn-mawr
Received 11 Apr 202319 Bluebell View Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3GU
Received 7 Apr 202339 Twyn Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5JY
Received 11 Apr 202328 Woodfield Terrace Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AH
Received 11 Apr 202311 Pwll Yr Allt Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 12 Apr 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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