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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.
10,352 approved · 2,015 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 2002 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64, 66, 70, 79 & 84 Elm Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LU
Received 3 Jun 202586, 90, 93, 97, 101, 102 & 103 Oak Tree Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LP
Received 3 Jun 2025117, 122, 124, 129 & 133 Pen-y-caeau Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LZ
Received 3 Jun 2025157, 165, 167 & 177 Linden Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LX
Received 3 Jun 2025178, 182, 183, 184, 186, 190, 191, 192, 195, 196 & 201 Willow Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LW
Received 3 Jun 202537, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48 & 52 Lime Court Pantside Newport NP11 5LT
Received 3 Jun 2025Land At Former Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca
Received 3 Jun 20259 Blacksmith Close Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0BG
Received 4 Jun 20256 Llwyncelyn Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6HF
Received 3 Jun 2025Land At Grid Ref 311791 207042 Hill Street Rhymney
Received 4 Jun 202510 Hillside Mount Pleasant Road Risca Newport NP11 6BQ
Received 4 Jun 202535 Pen-y-bryn Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2JX
Received 5 Jun 2025Oaklands 13 Fochriw Road Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9QH
Received 5 Jun 202519 Cwm Braenar Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DS
Received 5 Jun 20254 Heol Uchaf Hengoed CF82 7NU
Received 6 Jun 2025Ty Darren Home For The Elderly Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 6HF
Received 9 Jun 202516 Brynau Road Caerphilly CF83 1PX
Received 10 Jun 2025Carpetright Unit 8 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 10 Jun 2025Y Fron Mountain View Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HW
Received 10 Jun 2025Sunnyside Cottage Conway Road Trinant Newport NP11 3JP
Received 9 Jun 2025Gorseland Cliff Road Blackwood
Received 10 Jun 202537 Mary Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8HN
Received 10 Jun 2025Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 10 Jun 2025Land At Grid Ref 316273 189278 Dol-y-pandy Bedwas
Received 11 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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