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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.
9,361 approved · 1,865 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 2011 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grid Ref 316303 186554 Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly
Received 28 Jun 2024Best Bets 38 Twyncarn Road Pontywaun Newport NP11 7DU
Received 2 Jul 2024Park Farm Brooklands Nelson Treharris CF46 6DR
Received 2 Jul 202432 Llanfach Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5LA
Received 2 Jul 202447 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FP
Received 2 Jul 2024Land At Grid Ref 311809 189556 Windsor Way Abertridwr
Received 2 Jul 2024Aviary 42 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JQ
Received 2 Jul 2024Jade House 115 Newport Road Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7LZ
Received 2 Jul 20247 St Asaph's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1EX
Received 2 Jul 2024Owain Glyndwr Playing Field Crescent Road Caerphilly
Received 2 Jul 2024Risca Leisure Centre Risca Community Campus Pontymason Lane Risca Newport NP11 6GH
Received 2 Jul 202413 Parc Plas Blackwood NP12 1SJ
Received 3 Jul 2024Land At Grid Ref 320482 201112 Christchurch Road Aberbeeg
Received 3 Jul 202479 Commercial Street Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4GZ
Received 4 Jul 202442 Waungoch Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LL
Received 4 Jul 202430 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 4 Jul 202456 Half Acre Court Caerphilly CF83 3SU
Received 5 Jul 202417 Channel View Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JW
Received 8 Jul 20241 Station Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LF
Received 8 Jul 2024Land To The Rear Of 15 Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6NW
Received 8 Jul 202427 Coed-y-brain Court Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3JT
Received 8 Jul 2024Vacant Site Adjacent To Loxely Court Trethomas CF83 8DJ
Received 8 Jul 2024Land Within Curtilage Of 1 Redbrook Court St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1ED
Received 9 Jul 2024Land At Grid Ref 314836 198731 Western Drive Bargoed
Received 9 Jul 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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