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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.
12,110 approved · 2,341 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0FF
Received 8 Jan 2026Candour Talent 120 116 - 122 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AF
Received 8 Jan 2026Medhurst Residential Home 1 Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 7AF
Received 9 Jan 202625 Clos Dwyerw Caerphilly CF83 1TE
Received 12 Jan 202622 Lower Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QH
Received 9 Jan 202621A Lower Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QH
Received 9 Jan 2026Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 9 Jan 2026The Whitbread Enterprise Centre Rhymney Walk Rhymney
Received 12 Jan 2026The Whitbread Enterprise Centre Rhymney Walk Rhymney
Received 12 Jan 2026Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 12 Jan 2026Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 12 Jan 2026Flat A 10 Commercial Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DX
Received 13 Jan 2026Land At Former New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale
Received 13 Jan 20261 Chiltern Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6QX
Received 14 Jan 2026Hengoed Railway Station King's Hill Hengoed
Received 14 Jan 2026Allied Pharmacy 12 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AD
Received 14 Jan 202624 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NA
Received 15 Jan 20263 Heolddu Road Bargoed CF81 8RQ
Received 14 Jan 20261A Station Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6ED
Received 15 Jan 202639 Melin Street Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7GZ
Received 16 Jan 2026MT Nails And Spa 10 Commercial Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DX
Received 16 Jan 202627 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AA
Received 16 Jan 2026Schoolyard Garage Heol-ddu Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GX
Received 16 Jan 2026Caerphilly Leisure And Wellbeing Hub Van Avenue Caerphilly CF83 3TW
Received 19 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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