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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.
8,819 approved · 1,777 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 - 9 Mill Road Caerphilly CF83 3FD
Received 5 Dec 202348 Elm Drive Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6HJ
Received 5 Dec 2023Land At Grid Ref 315705 187386 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly
Received 5 Dec 2023Land At Grid Ref 315720 196000 Summerfield Terrace Fleur-de-lis
Received 5 Dec 2023Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Derwen Beech Grove Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JL
Received 6 Dec 202321 Ashgrove Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6LS
Received 6 Dec 2023Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 7 Dec 20233 Griffin Drive Penallta Hengoed CF82 6AB
Received 7 Dec 20234 Ivy Row Brithdir New Tredegar NP24 6JU
Received 7 Dec 2023Groeswen Farm Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 8 Dec 202321 Navigation Road Risca Newport NP11 6FF
Received 11 Dec 2023The Hay Barn Cwarrau Mawr Farm Lane Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2LN
Received 11 Dec 2023Land Within Curtilage Of 22 The Avenue Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BW
Received 11 Dec 2023Oxford House Clos-y-cedr Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3RL
Received 12 Dec 2023Ty Coch Farm Bryn Carno Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5BX
Received 12 Dec 20232 Graddfa Villas Colliery Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3QR
Received 12 Dec 2023Land At Former Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca
Received 12 Dec 202343 Drum Tower View Caerphilly CF83 2XW
Received 12 Dec 2023Sawmills Clifton Street Rogerstone Risca
Received 13 Dec 2023Cefn Fforest Primary School Central Avenue Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3JU
Received 14 Dec 2023Castle Farm Cwm-y-nant Ochrwyth Newport NP11 6ES
Received 14 Dec 202338 Cheriton Avenue Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JA
Received 15 Dec 2023Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 6HF
Received 18 Dec 2023Ty Darran Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 6HF
Received 18 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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