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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.
12,083 approved · 2,334 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tynycwm Farm Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ER
Received 17 Dec 20258 Chatham Street Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SH
Received 19 Dec 2025Llanfabon Infant School Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HL
Received 19 Dec 2025Lewis School Pengam Gwerthonor Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8LJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Former St Catherine's Church Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PA
Received 19 Dec 2025The Meadows Beili Glas Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UU
Received 22 Dec 2025Block D Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith
Received 22 Dec 2025Abingdon Flooring Ltd Unit 1 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3XG
Received 22 Dec 202525 Davies Drive Caerphilly CF83 3RG
Received 23 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 6 The Rise Pengam Blackwood NP12 3PL
Received 23 Dec 2025Gelligaer Bowling Club Gelligaer Bowling Green And Pavilion Gelligaer Recreation Ground Gwaun-fro Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BU
Received 23 Dec 2025Equestrian Centre Sunnybank Farm Rudry Road Porset Caerphilly CF83 3DT
Received 24 Dec 2025Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 24 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 12 Raglan Road Hengoed CF82 7LX
Received 2 Jan 2026Tirnant Brooklands Nelson Treharris CF46 6DR
Received 2 Jan 202626 Blacksmith Close Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0BG
Received 2 Jan 2026Land At Grid Ref 315720 196000 Summerfield Terrace Fleur-de-lis
Received 5 Jan 2026Land At Former Crown Inn The Crown Access Road Pontllanfraith
Received 5 Jan 2026The Rectory High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HA
Received 6 Jan 202679 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GD
Received 6 Jan 202611 Newbridge Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2LB
Received 7 Jan 2026Rhymney Garage Victoria Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NU
Received 7 Jan 2026Rhymney Garage Victoria Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NU
Received 7 Jan 2026Red Dragon Padel Ltd Unit 12B Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 8 Jan 2026Records 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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