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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.
10,242 approved · 1,986 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 2009 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Chatham Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SB
Received 23 Apr 20251 Lon Robin Goch Caerphilly CF83 2QN
Received 24 Apr 202552 Maindee Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HR
Received 23 Apr 20252 St Teilo's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1FA
Received 23 Apr 202568 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1AP
Received 23 Apr 2025Land At Grid Ref 316303 186554 Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly
Received 24 Apr 2025Equestrian Centre Sunnybank Farm Rudry Road Porset Caerphilly CF83 3DT
Received 25 Apr 2025Knoll Hatch 74 Hillside Park Bargoed CF81 8NL
Received 25 Apr 2025117 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HH
Received 25 Apr 202521 Church Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HL
Received 25 Apr 20254 Bronwydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GX
Received 28 Apr 2025Millbrook Residential Home Gelligroes Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JU
Received 25 Apr 2025Oak Tree House 14A Glendale Gardens Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3TR
Received 28 Apr 202542 Plynlimon Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GR
Received 29 Apr 202523 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DL
Received 29 Apr 20255 Lilian Road Blackwood NP12 1DN
Received 29 Apr 2025Berllan Ddu Land Adjacent To Berllanlwyd House Pandy Lane Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3DZ
Received 30 Apr 2025Jasmine House Colliery Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3QQ
Received 30 Apr 202568 Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HZ
Received 1 May 202522 Gilfach Street Bargoed CF81 8LR
Received 2 May 2025Land At Former The Rhos Bedwas Road Caerphilly
Received 2 May 2025Land At Former Crown Inn The Crown Access Road Pontllanfraith
Received 2 May 202511 Upland Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NF
Received 1 May 2025Land At Former New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale
Received 2 May 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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