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Caerphilly County Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Caerphilly County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates13,417Searchable applications
287Recorded as pending
83%Approval rate · 11,672 approved or refused records
1,928Refused applications
9,744 approved · 1,928 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Aug 2010 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Search, track and comment on planning applicationsContact planning Planning and building control contactsLocal plan Planning strategies and plansPre-application advice Joint pre-application planning and SuDS applicationConservation areas Conservation of the built environmentArticle 4 directions Article 4 directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas16 mapped area records
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More application records
- Decided24/0796/RET
Retain the construction of a menage
Smugglers Livery And Equestrian Centre Smugglers Run Pen-deri Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HU
Received 31 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0797/TPO
Carry out various tree works (Tree Preservation order 9/79/RVDC)
Land To The Rear Of 23 Coed Y Pia Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PT
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0798/TPO
Carry out various tree works (Tree Preservation Order 48/82/RVDC)
21 Beech Tree Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6NU
Received 1 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0799/TPO
Remove dead wood from tree overhanging from T4 (Tree Preservation Order 48/82/RVDC)
1 Mountain Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6NY
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0800/FULL
Site 22 shipping containers for self storage within the secure haulage yard
Hafod Fach Yard Hafod Fach Lane Abercarn
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0801/COU
Change the use of garden shed to dog grooming parlour, including dog washing unit and grooming table
13 Ty-isaf Park Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NG
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0802/FULL
Create an additional floor area (new first floor within an existing warehouse) to provide expansion of the manufacturing/production area within the existing facility and the extension of a single storey building to provide a compressor housing to contain additional air compressor, drier and air receiver to serve the expansion of the manufacturing/production area
Norgine Ltd 7 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8SJ
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/0803/FULL
Demolish three existing garages and erect one larger garage for purposes of ongoing maintenance to the site
Land To The Rear Of Britannia Terrace Britannia
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0804/NCC
Vary Condition 02 of planning consent 21/0855/FULL (Install anemometer mast of up to 81.3 m high (including instruments), with associated security fencing) to be retained for a further 2 years
Llanbradach Fawr Farm Llanbradach Farm Lane Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3QR
Received 4 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0805/COND
Discharge condition 32 (Remediation Verification) of planning consent 17/0804/OUT (Erect up to 350 homes, public open space, a local centre and community building, new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian accesses, associated engineering works and seek approval of access)
Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0806/RET
Retain and complete alterations to outbuilding
Ty Cae Brith Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7BB
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0807/HH
Erect extension to side and rear and raised decking to rear
7 Park View Bungalows Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DE
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0808/COU
Change the use of hair dressing salon to residential
Orbit House 162 Caerphilly Road Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4FX
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0809/RET
Retain and complete the siting 4 No pods for use as self-catering holiday accommodation with landscaping and parking area
Land At Grid Ref 316222 190769 Pandy-mawr Road Bedwas
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0811/COU
Change the use from a dwelling to 4-bed children's home
McLaren House 14 Mclaren Cottages Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BH
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0812/FULL
Erect shuttered concrete slurry store to comply with The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021
Tynycwm Farm Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ER
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0813/NMA
Seek approval of a non-material amendment to planning consent 21/0922/LA (Demolish existing demountable classrooms and external stores, and erect a two storey extension with single storey entrance link to create 4 classrooms with ancillary accommodation, together with single storey toilet block extension to rear of existing building, re-modelling on site car parking and playgrounds, and associated landscaping) to change the location of 3 number sapling trees from the main playground to side of the playground and embankment omission of tree cell system
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Allta Central Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XQ
Received 5 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0814/CLPU
Obtain a Lawful Development Certificate for removal and reinstallation of EWI with mineral render and pebble dash finish on 28 properties across the Cefn Ilan Estate, additional works to include extending the rooflines to ensure additional weather protection to the EWI systems, the replacement of windows and doors, replacement rainwater goods and SVP's, and improved ventilation strategy
4-8, 11-13, 17-20, 23-27, 32, 35-36, 38-39, 42-44, 46-48 Cefn Ilan Road Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4EE
Received 6 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0815/NOTAF
Extend steel portal framed shed
Rowan Tree Cottage Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 7 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0816/HH
Erect second storey side extension
3 Chapel Court Navigation Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8FR
Received 8 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0817/CLPU
Obtain a Lawful Development Certificate to erect single storey side extension
Tir Jack Bungalow Bron Las Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BS
Received 8 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0818/NCC
Vary condition 02 (Plans and other documents approved) of planning consent 23/0503/FULL (Erect 11 units for Class B1/B2/B8 Use together with associated parking and proposed new vehicular access onto Parkway)
Land South Of Abingdon Flooring Ltd Unit 1 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3XG
Received 8 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0819/RET
Retain and complete the change of use from residential (C3) to dog grooming parlour (SUI GENERIS) one room external to the main dwelling with separate access
40 St Teilo's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1FA
Received 11 Nov 2024 - Decided24/0820/HH
Erect single storey rear extension
28 Ffordd Cae'r Ywen Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1FX
Received 11 Nov 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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What these statistics cover
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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