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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.
8,791 approved · 1,774 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 The Meadows Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PN
Received 27 Nov 2023Lisvane Riding Centre Forest View Rudry Road Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0SN
Received 8 Dec 202321 Hengoed Road Hengoed CF82 7NW
Received 27 Nov 2023Erw Lon Heolddu Uchaf Farm Access Bargoed CF81 9GF
Received 11 Dec 2023260 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1BW
Received 18 Dec 2023Unit 2 Oakwood Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3HY
Received 28 Nov 20235 Gelli Avenue Risca Newport NP11 6QF
Received 28 Nov 202330 Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HZ
Received 28 Nov 2023Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 28 Nov 202326 Golwg Y Coed Caerphilly CF83 2UA
Received 29 Nov 2023Mynydd Bedwellte Wind Farm
Received 27 Nov 20232 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QR
Received 29 Nov 2023Land At Former Station House Merthyr Road Rhymney Bridge Llechryd
Received 30 Nov 2023Eriez Magnetics Europe Ltd Units 17-21 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8YG
Received 30 Nov 202319 Rudry Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3EU
Received 30 Nov 202312 Lower Ochrwyth Ochrwyth Newport NP11 6EN
Received 30 Nov 2023Y Glyn Summerfield Hall Lane Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QF
Received 30 Nov 2023Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 1 Dec 20235 St Anne's Close Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HE
Received 1 Dec 2023Ynys Hywel Countryside Centre Pont Lawrence Rees Lane Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7JD
Received 1 Dec 2023St Dingats Hall James Street New Tredegar NP24 6EW
Received 1 Dec 202335 Heol Ynys Ddu Caerphilly CF83 1SD
Received 1 Dec 202338 Heol Tir Gibbon Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2PQ
Received 5 Dec 20233 - 9 Mill Road Caerphilly CF83 3FD
Received 5 Dec 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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