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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.
10,116 approved · 1,973 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Intelligent Ultrasound Unit 22 Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 25 Feb 2025Land At Grid Ref 311791 207042 Hill Street Rhymney
Received 26 Feb 20257 Erasmus Terrace Jenkin Street Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QG
Received 26 Feb 2025Norgine Ltd 7 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8SJ
Received 26 Feb 202510 Hall's Road Terrace Crosskeys Newport NP11 7FQ
Received 28 Feb 2025Pro Shoot Firearms And Shooting Club Limited Unit 1 3 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8XQ
Received 28 Feb 2025ALDI Mafon Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PE
Received 28 Feb 2025118 Markham Crescent Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LZ
Received 3 Mar 20259 Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham Blackwood NP12 0RU
Received 3 Mar 202511 Heol Pwllypant Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2ND
Received 3 Mar 20256 Station Road Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XL
Received 3 Mar 2025Trecenydd Business Park Vacant Land St Cenydd Road Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 3 Mar 2025Brynhyfryd 87 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GN
Received 4 Mar 2025All Saints Vicarage Church Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LS
Received 4 Mar 2025Ty Clavin Ogilvie Terrace Deri Bargoed CF81 9JB
Received 4 Mar 2025Western Valley Hobbies Central Buildings 31 Tredegar Street Risca Newport NP11 6BU
Received 4 Mar 2025Prancers Horse Riding Stables Gelli Farm Gelli Farm Lane Trinant
Received 6 Mar 2025Ty-Tarw Llancaiach Fawr Farm Gelligaer Road Nelson Trelewis CF46 6ER
Received 6 Mar 2025Ty-Tarw Llancaiach Fawr Farm Gelligaer Road Nelson Trelewis CF46 6ER
Received 6 Mar 2025D G Howell Ltd 78 - 84 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BA
Received 6 Mar 2025Mayberry Pharmacy 175 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 7 Mar 2025Land At Grid Ref 316222 190769 Pandy-mawr Road Bedwas
Received 7 Mar 202523 Hengoed Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BR
Received 7 Mar 2025Cefn Mably Park Michaelston-y-fedw Cardiff CF3 6AA
Received 10 Mar 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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