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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.
10,183 approved · 1,982 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Myrtle Grove High Street Newbridge Newport NP11 4FW
Received 28 Mar 202535 Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 7AF
Received 31 Mar 2025Atcombe Cottage Waterloo Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NJ
Received 28 Mar 2025Land At Grid Ref 317293 197039 Bus Station Road Blackwood
Received 28 Mar 2025Ventura 6 Lon Pennant Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1EL
Received 28 Mar 202570 Aneurin Bevan Avenue Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8ES
Received 7 Apr 202521 Tansy Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8LF
Received 1 Apr 20251 Factory Cottages St Davids Lane Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PB
Received 2 Apr 20255 Swallowfield Drive Penallta Hengoed CF82 6AW
Received 2 Apr 2025Land At Grid Ref 320502 196783 High Street Newbridge
Received 3 Apr 2025Tydu Farm Tydu Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PH
Received 4 Apr 2025149 Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DN
Received 4 Apr 202537 Mary Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8HN
Received 4 Apr 202569 & 71 Bryn-y-fran Avenue Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8GS
Received 7 Apr 202568 Markham Crescent Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LZ
Received 7 Apr 2025Compound Van Industrial Park Van Road Caerphilly
Received 7 Apr 202519 Pantycefn Road Markham Blackwood NP12 0QD
Received 7 Apr 2025St Cenydd Leisure Centre St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RP
Received 7 Apr 2025Land At Former Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca
Received 7 Apr 2025Llanfabon Infant School Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HL
Received 8 Apr 202516 Cae Canol Hengoed CF82 7RU
Received 8 Apr 2025Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 9 Apr 2025Ysgol Ifor Bach Windsor Way Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4AB
Received 8 Apr 2025Prestige Personal Care Ltd Unit 3 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5RL
Received 9 Apr 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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