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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.
10,074 approved · 1,967 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
71 Waun Draw Caerphilly CF83 3SL
Received 3 Feb 2025J2K Consulting Ltd 10 High Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LQ
Received 3 Feb 202572 St Christopher's Drive Caerphilly CF83 1DE
Received 4 Feb 2025The Jays 13 Ladysmith Road Blackwood NP12 1DJ
Received 4 Feb 2025Highfields Barn Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6PL
Received 4 Feb 20255 Pen-y-cae Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7FA
Received 4 Feb 2025Unit 32 Castle Court Caerphilly CF83 1NU
Received 4 Feb 202539 Station Street Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HQ
Received 4 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 322828 198973 Cefn Crib Road Hafodyrynys
Received 5 Feb 2025Upland Moorland Located Between Abertillery To The West And Abersychan To The East
Received 4 Feb 2025Rockwood Animals Fferm Pont Carreg Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8UH
Received 5 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 314261 199270 Heol Coedcae Bargoed
Received 6 Feb 202538 Graig Terrace Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4HN
Received 6 Feb 202530 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 7 Feb 2025Nantycalch Cottage 2 Warren Drive Caerphilly CF83 1HQ
Received 7 Feb 2025Mynydd Eglwysilan Common Bwlch Carnygelli Road Llanfabon
Received 10 Feb 2025Springfield Penrhiw Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8RQ
Received 10 Feb 2025The Patriot Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 11 Feb 202540 Penmaen Close Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JD
Received 11 Feb 2025Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd Unit 2 Oakwood Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3HY
Received 12 Feb 2025Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 13 Feb 20255 Milton Close Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FS
Received 13 Feb 202568 Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HZ
Received 13 Feb 20252 Gelli'r Felin Caerphilly CF83 2LF
Received 13 Feb 2025Records 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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