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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.
11,895 approved · 2,294 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 2002 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Club 93 Bailey Street Deri Bargoed CF81 9HX
Received 27 Oct 2025Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed
Received 24 Oct 2025Dragon Circle High Street To Asda Steps Blackwood
Received 24 Oct 2025Caerphilly Twyn Community Centre The Twyn Caerphilly CF83 1JL
Received 24 Oct 2025Tredegar Street Risca
Received 24 Oct 202512 Twyn Place Abercarn Newport NP11 5JX
Received 24 Oct 2025Dragon Fleetcare Limited Unit T Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 28 Oct 20254 Lon-y-dderwen Nelson Treharris CF46 6HS
Received 24 Oct 2025115 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AD
Received 28 Oct 202598 Queens Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6DU
Received 29 Oct 202511 Tribute Avenue Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EQ
Received 29 Oct 2025Barnfield Cottage Ty'r Sais Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0JA
Received 27 Oct 2025Ty Olaf Mountain Road Abertridwr To Hendredenny Park Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2RL
Received 29 Oct 2025Unit 4 Willow Road Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 4EG
Received 30 Oct 202516 Telor-y-coed Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PW
Received 29 Oct 2025Cwm Leyshon Quarry Maenllwyd To Yew Tree Cottage Rudry
Received 24 Oct 2025Land At Junction Of Llanarth Street/Duffryn Road Brynawel Wattsville NP11 7QU
Received 3 Nov 202537 Twyn Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5JY
Received 3 Nov 2025Land At Grid Ref 319107 194696 Cefn Cae'r-llwyn Mynyddislwyn
Received 3 Nov 2025Land O/S 173-175 High Street Blackwood
Received 3 Nov 2025Outside 173 - 175 High Street Blackwood
Received 3 Nov 2025Ty Oen Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 31 Oct 2025Land Within Curtilage Of 12 Brynamlwg Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JX
Received 3 Nov 2025Bangorfor Llwyncelyn Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6HF
Received 30 Oct 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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