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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.
7,567 approved · 1,645 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Specsavers Opticians 167 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 12 Apr 202333 Twyn Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5JY
Received 13 Apr 2023BBI Group Unit 2 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EF
Received 14 Apr 2023Land At Grid Ref 315519 194639 Tabor Road Maesycwmmer
Received 14 Apr 2023Villa Mulberry 18 Underwood Caerphilly CF83 1HW
Received 14 Apr 2023Land At Grid Ref 313700 188089 Golwg Y Coed Caerphilly
Received 17 Apr 202377 Bloomfield Road Blackwood NP12 1LY
Received 17 Apr 2023Colliers Bakery Unit Goshen Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NF
Received 17 Apr 202336 Brierley Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6RE
Received 13 Apr 202320 Maes-Y-Garn Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NA
Received 17 Apr 2023Y Worry Bungalow Bryn Meadows Golf Club Mountain Road Maesycwmmer To Machen Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7SN
Received 17 Apr 2023Land At Grid Ref 324334 191021 Holly Road Ty Sign Risca
Received 17 Apr 2023Leighway House 1 Gellideg Lane Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7SD
Received 18 Apr 2023Land At Grid Ref 315481 186875 Park Lane Caerphilly
Received 18 Apr 2023Land Between 113 And 1 Clos Tyrywen Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EL
Received 18 Apr 2023The Old Quarry Cemetery Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5AQ
Received 19 Apr 2023Pengraig Pennar Farmhouse Cefn Pennar Lane Pant-yr-resk Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 5AG
Received 20 Apr 2023Wern Stores Caerphilly Road Nelson
Received 20 Apr 202319 Greenfield Street Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9RH
Received 20 Apr 2023Land At Former Central Hall Site Wood Street Bargoed
Received 21 Apr 202339 Newbridge Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2LB
Received 24 Apr 20231 Tyn-Y-Graig Terrace Church Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LT
Received 24 Apr 202381 St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2TA
Received 21 Apr 2023Land At Grid Ref 320502 196783 High Street Newbridge
Received 24 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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