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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.
8,363 approved · 1,717 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 2012 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Virginia Park Garage Melville Terrace Caerphilly CF83 3HE
Received 9 Jun 2023Land At Grid Ref 311665 207321 Bryn-teg Crescent Rhymney
Received 14 Jun 2023Cwmcarn Forest Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn
Received 15 Jun 2023Land At Grid Ref 324010 190724 Moriah Hill Risca
Received 16 Jun 2023Penyfan Leisure Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HY
Received 16 Jun 20235 Pen-y-waun Cottages Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BB
Received 19 Jun 2023Land To The R/O 72 Pen-y-cwm Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5AD
Received 19 Jun 2023Bluebell House 5 Bluebell Close Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4GQ
Received 20 Jun 2023Leighway House 1 Gellideg Lane Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7SD
Received 20 Jun 202363 Fflorens Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DW
Received 20 Jun 202327 Standard Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8DF
Received 20 Jun 2023100 St Gwladys Avenue Bargoed CF81 8TB
Received 20 Jun 20236 Yew Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BE
Received 20 Jun 20236 William Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UJ
Received 20 Jun 2023Land At Grid Ref 314836 198731 Western Drive Bargoed
Received 21 Jun 202318 Tyn-y-coed Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7DD
Received 22 Jun 2023Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 1 Jun 20239 Fferm-y-bryn Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7BD
Received 22 Jun 202312 Telor-y-coed Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PW
Received 22 Jun 2023Braithwaite Engineers Ltd Rowecord Building Commercial Street Newport Road Pontymister Risca Casnewydd NP11 6EY
Received 23 Jun 2023Workshop Beddau Farm 2 St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2TB
Received 26 Jun 20232 Llwyn Coed Blackwood NP12 1FT
Received 21 Jun 2023Ffos Caerffili Park Lane Caerphilly
Received 26 Jun 2023Land At Grid Ref 315231 195450 Bryn Teg Cefn Hengoed
Received 26 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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