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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.
8,954 approved · 1,801 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Clos Morgan Gruffydd Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DB
Received 29 Feb 2024Land At Twyn Primary School Playing Field Southern Street Caerphilly
Received 28 Feb 20241 Tyn-y-coed Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7DD
Received 29 Feb 2024Home Bargains Unit 6-7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 1 Mar 20245 Pen-y-waun Cottages Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BB
Received 1 Mar 2024Cwrt Rawlin Primary School Cae Meillion Caerphilly CF83 1SN
Received 28 Feb 2024Maesycwmmer Inn 49 Main Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PJ
Received 29 Feb 202414 Burnet Drive Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8LD
Received 4 Mar 202425 Lower Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QH
Received 4 Mar 202435 Plynlimon Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GR
Received 4 Mar 2024Creazione Fitness Co Unit A Block E - Sparks House Western Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 1BQ
Received 4 Mar 2024The Wonky Bar 17 Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EA
Received 4 Mar 2024Dyffryn Isaf Farm Pandy Lane Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3DY
Received 4 Mar 2024Holly House Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DN
Received 4 Mar 202410 Heol Tyddyn Caerphilly CF83 1TG
Received 4 Mar 202422 Lon Yr Ysgol Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8PE
Received 4 Mar 2024Annexe Brynhyfryd 6 Old Parish Road Hengoed CF82 7HU
Received 5 Mar 2024Land Adjacent To 48 Heol Trecastell Caerphilly CF83 1AE
Received 5 Mar 2024104 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DQ
Received 5 Mar 202433 Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9AW
Received 7 Mar 20243 Waterloo Place Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NL
Received 10 Apr 2024Ty Damson Farm Ynysddu Hotel Approach Ynysddu
Received 6 Mar 2024Newbridge Methodist Church Bridge Street Newbridge Newport NP11 5FE
Received 7 Mar 2024Cwm-yr-allt House Cwm-yr-allt Lane Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AW
Received 8 Mar 2024Records 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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