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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.
8,971 approved · 1,803 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Heol Ysgubor Caerphilly CF83 1SR
Received 8 Mar 2024Ty Gawla Isaf Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 8 Mar 2024Lordan (UK) Ltd Unit 1 North Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed CF82 7SS
Received 11 Mar 2024Land At Woodbine Road Blackwood
Received 11 Mar 20242 Herons Way Caerphilly CF83 1SW
Received 11 Mar 2024Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 11 Mar 20248 Heol Morien Nelson Treharris CF46 6JA
Received 12 Mar 2024Cefn Mably Lodge Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 13 Mar 2024Land At Grid Ref 310441 193869 Craig-evan-leyshon Common Road Llanfabon
Received 13 Mar 202446 Court Road Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2LT
Received 14 Mar 2024Dental Practice 4 Clive Street Caerphilly CF83 1GE
Received 15 Mar 2024Dental Practice 4 Clive Street Caerphilly CF83 1GE
Received 15 Mar 202415 Ynys Y Coed Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EG
Received 18 Mar 2024Land At Gelligroes Mill Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JD
Received 18 Mar 20245A - 5D Cordani Buildings Gravel Lane Blackwood NP12 1AG
Received 18 Mar 2024Highmead, Honeymead Tredegar Road Blackwood NP12 1BY
Received 19 Mar 20244 Trem-y-goron Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2HX
Received 19 Mar 2024Unilever UK Ltd Croespenmaen Industrial Estate East Pentref-y-groes Farm Lane East Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3AH
Received 19 Mar 20246 Starbuck Street Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DP
Received 20 Mar 202414 Bryn-deri Terrace Treowen Newport NP11 3DJ
Received 20 Mar 202463 Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ED
Received 20 Mar 20248 Buttery Terrace Gellihaf Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3SQ
Received 21 Mar 202411 Coggins Close Caerphilly CF83 1ST
Received 21 Mar 2024Cwrt Rawlin Primary School Cae Meillion Caerphilly CF83 1SN
Received 21 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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