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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.
10,100 approved · 1,971 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2010 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Sir Stafford Close Caerphilly CF83 3BA
Received 13 Feb 2025HARE Rowecord Building Commercial Street Newport Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6EY
Received 14 Feb 202521 Tollgate Close Porset Caerphilly CF83 3AY
Received 17 Feb 202536 Meadow Way Caerphilly CF83 1TQ
Received 17 Feb 2025Woodview 34 Manor Park Newbridge Newport NP11 4RT
Received 17 Feb 202514 Mardy Close Caerphilly CF83 1PW
Received 17 Feb 202556 Heolddu Road Bargoed CF81 8RQ
Received 17 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 314944 190088 School Street East Ul Llanbradach
Received 17 Feb 2025Troed-y-bryn Surgery - Troed-y-bryn House 16 Shopping Parade Troed-y-bryn Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2PX
Received 18 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 315720 196000 Summerfield Terrace Fleur-de-lis
Received 18 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 317293 197039 Bus Station Road Blackwood
Received 18 Feb 2025Oaklands House Colliery Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3QQ
Received 19 Feb 20251 Upper Brynhyfryd Terrace Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4GL
Received 19 Feb 202513 Cae Canol Hengoed CF82 7RU
Received 20 Feb 2025187 - 189 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 20 Feb 202560 Lady Tyler Terrace Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PN
Received 20 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 310752 209566 Merthyr Road Rhymney Bridge Llechryd
Received 20 Feb 20258 Redbrook Court St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1ED
Received 20 Feb 202510 Nelson Terrace Brithdir New Tredegar NP24 6HT
Received 19 Feb 20253 Druids Close Caerphilly CF83 2XR
Received 21 Feb 202536 High Trees Risca Newport NP11 6HH
Received 21 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To 65 Bryn Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0QF
Received 24 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 314836 198731 Western Drive Bargoed
Received 24 Feb 202511 Elmgrove Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8GT
Received 24 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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