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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.
10,332 approved · 2,007 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bedwas Community Sporting Club Bedwas Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DZ
Received 27 May 2025Star Ballroom Shingrig Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6DU
Received 23 May 2025Unit 8 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 27 May 2025Twyn Hywel Energy Park Mynydd Eglwysilan Common Bwlch Carnygelli Road Llanfabon
Received 23 May 2025Woodland 47 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EG
Received 28 May 20253 Lyne Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AT
Received 27 May 202515 First Avenue Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SA
Received 27 May 2025Nyth Y Ddraig Pandy Lane Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3DZ
Received 27 May 202527 Priorsgate Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EL
Received 27 May 2025Land At Former The New Forge Public House Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0FF
Received 28 May 2025The Long Barn Rudry Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DD
Received 28 May 202564 Bloomfield Road Blackwood NP12 1LX
Received 29 May 2025Land At Grid Ref 324191 190191 Brookland Road Pontymister Risca
Received 29 May 2025Cartref Yr Hen Gapel New Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7GU
Received 29 May 2025Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 29 May 2025Land At Riverside Terrace Machen
Received 28 May 202550 Mcdonnell Road Bargoed CF81 8UE
Received 29 May 2025Cartref Coch Golwg-y-mynydd Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HP
Received 30 May 2025Plasyfelin Primary School Lewis Drive Caerphilly CF83 3FT
Received 30 May 202513 Cae Canol Hengoed CF82 7RU
Received 2 Jun 202518 Overdene Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JS
Received 2 Jun 202535 Pwll Yr Allt Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 2 Jun 20252, 3, 5, 6, 12 & 15 Rose Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LR
Received 3 Jun 202518 & 23 Cefn Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LS
Received 3 Jun 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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