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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.
8,762 approved · 1,769 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 17 Nov 2023Land Within The Curtilage Of Ty Bryn King's Hill Hengoed CF82 7NJ
Received 17 Nov 202325 St Ann Street Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8NF
Received 16 Nov 2023Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 17 Nov 202324 Severn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GA
Received 17 Nov 2023Ty Damson Farm Ynysddu Hotel Approach Ynysddu
Received 20 Nov 20238 Cae Pen Y Waun Hengoed CF82 7RQ
Received 20 Nov 2023Cwrt Rawlin Primary School Cae Meillion Caerphilly CF83 1SN
Received 15 Nov 2023Pengam Library Ivor Street Pengam Blackwood NP12 3AB
Received 15 Nov 2023Land At Twyn Primary School Southern Street Caerphilly
Received 15 Nov 2023Ysgol Ifor Bach Windsor Way Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4AB
Received 15 Nov 2023Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 6HF
Received 20 Nov 2023Land At Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 20 Nov 2023Austin Grange Maes Glas South Ul Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 21 Nov 2023Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 21 Nov 2023Rhydyfro 54 High Close Nelson Treharris CF46 6HJ
Received 22 Nov 2023Land To The Rear Of Van Industrial Park Van Road Caerphilly
Received 23 Nov 202374 Caerbryn Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4EL
Received 22 Nov 2023Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 23 Nov 2023Braithwaite Engineers Ltd Rowecord Building Commercial Street Newport Road Pontymister Risca Casnewydd NP11 6EY
Received 24 Nov 2023Land At Buchan Building And Whitbread Enterprise Centre Rhymney Walk Rhymney NP22 5DY
Received 24 Nov 2023Land At Former Pen-y-waun Inn Upper High Street Rhymney
Received 24 Nov 202319 Maes-y-garn Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NA
Received 24 Nov 2023Cherry Lyn New Bryngwyn Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4NF
Received 27 Nov 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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