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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.
9,434 approved · 1,883 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To 191 High Street Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4FB
Received 22 Jul 202423 Hillside Risca Newport NP11 6QD
Received 22 Jul 20244 Heol Morien Nelson Treharris CF46 6JA
Received 22 Jul 2024Gorseland Cliff Road Blackwood
Received 22 Jul 2024Hazeldene Pentwyn Road Blackwood NP12 1HW
Received 23 Jul 2024Lordan (UK) Ltd Unit 1 North Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed CF82 7SS
Received 23 Jul 202480 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7BG
Received 24 Jul 2024Golding Joinery Unit 22 Fern Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EH
Received 24 Jul 2024Land At Former Station House Merthyr Road Rhymney Bridge Llechryd
Received 24 Jul 20245A - 5D Cordani Buildings Gravel Lane Blackwood NP12 1AG
Received 24 Jul 20243 Tansy Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8LF
Received 24 Jul 2024The Meadows Farm Village Retreat The Meadows Gypsy Lane Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UN
Received 25 Jul 2024Land At Grid Ref 321837 192344 Full Moon Roundabout To Nortel Roundabout Crosskeys
Received 25 Jul 2024Maesmawr Farm Mountain Road Risca Newport NP11 6FY
Received 26 Jul 2024Land At Grid Ref 316303 186554 Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly
Received 25 Jul 202464 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 25 Jul 202449 Fflorens Road Treowen Newport NP11 3EB
Received 25 Jul 2024Maesmawr Farm Mountain Road Risca Newport NP11 6FY
Received 26 Jul 20243 Great Western Cottages Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0SB
Received 29 Jul 202415 Commercial Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6ND
Received 29 Jul 2024St Catherine's Church Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PA
Received 24 Jul 2024Land At Grid Ref 316303 186554 Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly
Received 30 Jul 2024Manchester House 1 Clifton Street Caerphilly CF83 1HA
Received 30 Jul 2024Mairwen 13 Beechwood Close Newbridge Newport NP11 4NX
Received 31 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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