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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.
8,489 approved · 1,740 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
203 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AR
Received 22 Aug 2023Land At Grid Ref 317506 200295 Gelynos Avenue West Ul Argoed
Received 22 Aug 2023Brynavon 3 Tir-y-cwm Road Risca Newport NP11 6DL
Received 23 Aug 2023Camelot Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 23 Aug 202328 Greenacre Drive Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HH
Received 24 Aug 2023178 Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FH
Received 24 Aug 2023The New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LG
Received 24 Aug 2023Farnham 11 Lon Pennant Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1EL
Received 24 Aug 202355 Priorsgate Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EL
Received 24 Aug 2023Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 24 Aug 2023Penrhiwarwydd Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7BB
Received 25 Aug 202328 West Street Bargoed CF81 8RZ
Received 25 Aug 2023Centre For Skills And Learning Penllwyn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2BZ
Received 25 Aug 2023Plot 3 Land At Grid Ref 319798 196634 Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr
Received 25 Aug 2023Centre For Skills And Learning Penllwyn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2BZ
Received 25 Aug 2023Camelot Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 29 Aug 2023Land Adj To Ynysddu Hotel Ynysddu Hotel Approach Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JW
Received 28 Aug 2023Land At Buchan Building And Whitbread Enterprise Centre Rhymney Walk Rhymney NP22 5DY
Received 30 Aug 2023Ashleys Barber Shop Heol Edward Lewis Gelligaer Hengoed
Received 30 Aug 2023Land At Playing Field St David's Road Pengam
Received 30 Aug 202337 Heol Tasker Nelson Treharris CF46 6JB
Received 30 Aug 2023106 Tredegar Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PQ
Received 24 Aug 2023Llwyngog 10 Heol Waun Fawr Caerphilly CF83 1SA
Received 24 Aug 2023Unit 31 Fern Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EH
Received 31 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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