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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.
10,592 approved · 2,058 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Bloomfield Road Blackwood NP12 1LX
Received 11 Aug 20253 Tyn-y-waun Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8LA
Received 11 Aug 202540 Penmaen Close Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7JD
Received 7 Aug 2025Gernant Cottage Brookside Bungalows Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BQ
Received 12 Aug 2025Cilfynydd Substation Craig-evan-leyshon Common Road Llanfabon
Received 12 Aug 2025Bridge Croft Kennels Tir Adam Uchaf Farm Heol Adam Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FU
Received 12 Aug 2025Land At Grid Ref 310441 193869 Craig-evan-leyshon Common Road Llanfabon
Received 13 Aug 2025Treowen Stars AFC Treowen Stars Football Ground Maes-yr-haf Lane Newbridge Newport NP11 3RH
Received 13 Aug 2025Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 13 Aug 20255 Lon Uchaf Caerphilly CF83 1BR
Received 13 Aug 2025Land At Grid Ref 314328 198267 Hospital Road Penpedairheol
Received 14 Aug 2025Moulded Foams Ltd 2 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EU
Received 14 Aug 2025Centre For Skills And Learning Penllwyn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2BZ
Received 13 Aug 2025Mynydd Eglwysilan Common Bwlch Carnygelli Road Llanfabon
Received 13 Aug 202512 East Avenue Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AE
Received 14 Aug 202557 St David's Drive Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RH
Received 15 Aug 20251 Barry Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HJ
Received 14 Aug 20252 Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HY
Received 14 Aug 20251 Taf Olwg Nelson Treharris CF46 6JL
Received 18 Aug 2025Land At Grid Ref 316002 199541 Ty Fry Road East Ul Aberbargoed
Received 18 Aug 2025Land At Glyn Taff Farm Bryn Tail Road Rhydyfelin Pontypridd CF37 5LT
Received 14 Aug 202521A Lower Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QH
Received 15 Aug 202521 Church Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HL
Received 15 Aug 2025Unit E St Davids Industrial Estate Pengam Blackwood
Received 18 Aug 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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