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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.
10,277 approved · 1,992 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lidl 1 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AW
Received 2 May 202586 Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HN
Received 22 May 20254 Glenview Rise Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HZ
Received 6 May 2025Celtic Oriental Ltd Unit 2A East Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed CF82 7SU
Received 2 May 2025Plot 9 & Plot 10 Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham Blackwood NP12 0RU
Received 1 May 20251 & 2 Woodfield Cottages The Rhiw Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EE
Received 6 May 202514 Heol Tyddyn Caerphilly CF83 1TG
Received 7 May 2025Land At Grid Ref 317293 197039 Bus Station Road Blackwood
Received 7 May 20256D Mount Pleasant Pengam Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BY
Received 7 May 2025Land At Grid Ref 311791 207042 Hill Street Rhymney
Received 7 May 2025Senior Flexonics Unit 3-4 Bryn Brithdir Oakdale Business Park Oakdale Blackwood NP12 4AA
Received 8 May 2025Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd Unit H2 Croespenmaen Industrial Estate Croespenmaen
Received 8 May 202577 Bloomfield Road Blackwood NP12 1LY
Received 8 May 2025Former Newbridge Methodist Church Bridge Street Newbridge Newport NP11 5FE
Received 9 May 20251 Cwm Fedw Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QD
Received 12 May 2025Cefn Mably Lodge Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 12 May 2025BURGER KING Unit 32 Castle Court Caerphilly CF83 1NU
Received 12 May 2025Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 12 May 202520 Quantock Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6QW
Received 13 May 2025Coal Hole House New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 13 May 2025Unit 1 Blackwood Business Park Newport Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2XN
Received 14 May 2025Land At Former The Rhos Bedwas Road Caerphilly
Received 15 May 2025Ty Ar Y Graig Lower Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EB
Received 16 May 202533 Gwerthonor Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JP
Received 16 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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