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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.
10,406 approved · 2,026 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grid Ref 314529 187588 Penyffordd Trecenydd Caerphilly
Received 17 Jun 20259 Meadow View Troedyrhiw Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7SF
Received 17 Jun 20251 High Close Nelson Treharris CF46 6HJ
Received 16 Jun 2025Tir Adam Uchaf Farm Heol Adam Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FU
Received 18 Jun 2025Star Ballroom Shingrig Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6DU
Received 18 Jun 202547 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FP
Received 19 Jun 2025Victoria Motor Company Unit 1 North Blackvein Industrial Estate Wattsville Newport NP11 7PX
Received 19 Jun 20253 St Maelog Close Blackwood NP12 2FD
Received 19 Jun 2025Bowling Green Grove Park New Tredegar
Received 19 Jun 20251 Severn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GA
Received 20 Jun 2025Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham
Received 19 Jun 2025Pencoed Fach Farm Heol Y Cefn Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 20 Jun 2025Land At Grid Ref 314529 187588 Penyffordd Trecenydd Caerphilly
Received 23 Jun 202581 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FQ
Received 23 Jun 2025Pierhead Buildings Jones Arcade Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AX
Received 23 Jun 2025161 Gelligaer Road Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HH
Received 23 Jun 20258 Heol Tyddyn Caerphilly CF83 1TG
Received 24 Jun 2025St Catherine's Church Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PA
Received 24 Jun 2025Land At Former New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale
Received 25 Jun 2025Texaco Mabon Filling Station Heol Mafon Nelson Treharris CF46 6PE
Received 25 Jun 2025Land Within Curtilage Of 12 Brynamlwg Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JX
Received 25 Jun 202562 Tawelfan Nelson Treharris CF46 6EH
Received 26 Jun 202511 High Street Rhymney NP22 5NG
Received 26 Jun 2025Ty Pont-y-meistr Newport Road Pontymister Risca
Received 26 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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