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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.
7,617 approved · 1,649 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Tegfan Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SJ
Received 2 Jun 202375 Tredegar Street Risca
Received 6 Jun 2023193 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 7 Jun 2023203 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AR
Received 7 Jun 2023Rhyd-y-gwern Farm Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Draethen Newport NP10 8GJ
Received 7 Jun 202354 - 55 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QW
Received 7 Jun 2023The Jays 13 Ladysmith Road Blackwood NP12 1DJ
Received 7 Jun 20237 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 1 Jun 2023Bronlyn Bungalow Fochriw Road Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9QH
Received 3 Jul 2023Ysgol Gymraeg Trelyn Commercial Street Pengam Blackwood NP12 3ST
Received 7 Jun 2023Bona Vista Twyn-gwyn Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7AW
Received 7 Jun 2023The Old Quarry Cemetery Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5AQ
Received 8 Jun 2023Brew Monster Brewing Co 1 Lon-y-twyn Caerphilly CF83 1NW
Received 8 Jun 2023Bedlwyn Farm Cefn-rhychdir Road Phillipstown New Tredegar NP24 6BT
Received 8 Jun 202330 Castell Morgraig Caerphilly CF83 3JH
Received 9 Jun 202355 North Road Pontywaun Newport NP11 7FW
Received 9 Jun 2023Colliers Farm Park Caerphilly Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PR
Received 12 Jun 202348 Coronation Crescent Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LF
Received 12 Jun 2023Tesco Extra Unit C Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NP
Received 12 Jun 2023Unit 11 (Lawrence Court) Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DW
Received 12 Jun 2023Land At Newlyn Lon Pennant Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BR
Received 13 Jun 2023Tesco Extra Unit C Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NP
Received 13 Jun 202326 Golwg Y Coed Caerphilly CF83 2UA
Received 13 Jun 2023Cairdeas Llanarth Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2LG
Received 13 Jun 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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