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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.
10,530 approved · 2,048 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pentyla Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4GY
Received 22 Jul 202510 St Rhidian Close Blackwood NP12 2FF
Received 21 Jul 2025Glyngaer Farm Glyngaer Road Glyn-gaer Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FJ
Received 21 Jul 202510 Bramblewood Court Pengam Blackwood NP12 3QW
Received 21 Jul 2025Land R/O Arthur Balfour Conservative Club Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9EX
Received 22 Jul 202540 Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 3FB
Received 21 Jul 2025Dunedein Upper Tribute Avenue Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7ER
Received 22 Jul 20257 Erasmus Terrace Jenkin Street Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QG
Received 22 Jul 2025Ground Floor Flat Urban Building Cardiff Road West Urban Lane Caerphilly CF83 1GQ
Received 23 Jul 2025Pink Self Storage Ystrad Mynach Unit 11 Coopers Court Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 24 Jul 2025Land Within Curtilage 9 Caeglas Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2PT
Received 24 Jul 2025Biffa Waste Services The Recycling Centre 3 Willow Way Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TR
Received 24 Jul 2025121 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EL
Received 24 Jul 2025Raylea Southend Terrace Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9RL
Received 24 Jul 2025Shop Unit Castle View Shopping Centre Cae Meillion Caerphilly CF83 1SN
Received 25 Jul 202573 Waun Draw Caerphilly CF83 3SL
Received 25 Jul 2025Primrose Cottage Yew Tree Cottage To The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 28 Jul 2025Family Shopper 35 High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LP
Received 28 Jul 202510 Treowen Avenue Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EW
Received 28 Jul 2025Cross Keys Inn Gelligaer Road Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HN
Received 29 Jul 202520 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HJ
Received 29 Jul 2025Land At Grid Ref 322029 195899 Chapel Street Abercarn
Received 29 Jul 202533 Newport Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AA
Received 29 Jul 2025Penyfan Pond Bungalow Pen-y-fan Pond Road Pen-y-fan Abertillery NP13 2DT
Received 29 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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