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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.
8,457 approved · 1,739 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 2011 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 9 Aug 20231 Station Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LF
Received 10 Aug 202315 Pen-yr-allt Watford Caerphilly CF83 1NP
Received 10 Aug 2023White Gates Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ES
Received 14 Aug 202358 Bluebell View Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3GU
Received 14 Aug 2023Sunningdale 244 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 14 Aug 2023Trinity Fields School And Resource Centre Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XW
Received 15 Aug 2023Llys Ifor Crescent Road Caerphilly
Received 15 Aug 20236 Clos-yr-arad Caerphilly CF83 1TN
Received 15 Aug 2023Isocount UK Limited Cosyloft House Cardiff Road Bargoed CF81 8NY
Received 16 Aug 20231 Kidwelly Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2TY
Received 16 Aug 2023Mcdonnell Hotel Mcdonnell Road Bargoed CF81 8UD
Received 17 Aug 2023Land At Grid Ref 308961 210054 Pen March Wind Farm Rhymney Common Road Pant-y-waun
Received 15 Aug 2023Stately-Albion Ltd Unit 14 Darren Drive Prince Of Wales Industrial Estate Abercarn Newport NP11 5AR
Received 22 Aug 2023Ty Cae Brith Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7BB
Received 22 Aug 2023Cilmeri Rectory Close Caerphilly CF83 1EQ
Received 22 Aug 2023Land At Grid Ref 322029 195899 Oak Street Abercarn
Received 24 Aug 2023Gwern Y Goytre Gwern-y-goytre To Michaelston Bridge Michaelston-y-fedw Cardiff CF3 6XT
Received 18 Aug 20232 Sycamore Terrace Abercarn Newport NP11 5JP
Received 18 Aug 2023Gwent Constabulary Bargoed Police Station 43 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8XF
Received 22 Aug 202331 Llanarth Street Brynawel Wattsville Newport NP11 7QW
Received 21 Aug 2023Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 21 Aug 202325 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PT
Received 21 Aug 2023Cefn Mably Park Michaelston-y-fedw Cardiff CF3 6AA
Received 18 Aug 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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