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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.
10,474 approved · 2,032 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Carpetright Unit 8 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 3 Jul 2025Darren Farm Darren Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HX
Received 4 Jul 202557 Cherry Tree Close Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HB
Received 4 Jul 20255 Bryntirion Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AS
Received 4 Jul 202522 Bronrhiw Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HF
Received 7 Jul 2025Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd Unit 2 Oakwood Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3HY
Received 7 Jul 2025The Meadows Beili Glas Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UU
Received 3 Jul 2025Land At Former Unit 11 Newtown Industrial Estate Crosskeys
Received 3 Jul 2025Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 7 Jul 2025Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 7 Jul 2025Llys Ifor Crescent Road Caerphilly
Received 7 Jul 2025The Leigh Commercial Street Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4GZ
Received 7 Jul 2025Llys Ifor Crescent Road Caerphilly
Received 7 Jul 2025Llys Ifor Crescent Road Caerphilly
Received 7 Jul 2025Land At Grid Ref 311791 207042 Hill Street Rhymney
Received 7 Jul 2025Pantglas Farm Cefn-onn Farm Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EJ
Received 4 Jul 2025Upper Pant-Ysgawen Farm Maes-yr-haf Lane Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3EG
Received 8 Jul 2025Creazione Fitness Co Unit A Block E - Sparks House Western Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 1BQ
Received 8 Jul 2025Ty Cae Brith Farm Mynyddislwyn Mountain Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7BB
Received 9 Jul 202516 Wern Fach Hengoed CF82 7RW
Received 9 Jul 202535 Maes-y-graig Street Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JE
Received 9 Jul 2025Plot 3 Ty Du Business Park Nelson
Received 9 Jul 202511 Sunny Bank Graigwen Crescent Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BP
Received 10 Jul 20252 Primrose Bungalow Coedcae Tirphil New Tredegar NP24 6HH
Received 11 Jul 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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