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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.
12,230 approved · 2,365 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 2002 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Llanarth Villas Llanarth Street Brynawel Wattsville Newport NP11 7QX
Received 18 Feb 2026Hanbury Arms Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QU
Received 19 Feb 202617 Lon-y-garwa Watford Caerphilly CF83 1NL
Received 19 Feb 2026Ty Cae Gwyn Pennar Lane Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4GZ
Received 20 Feb 20262 Graig View Highland Terrace Blackwood NP12 1QN
Received 20 Feb 202615 Glen View Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PX
Received 20 Feb 202629 Beech Tree Avenue Watford Caerphilly CF83 1EA
Received 23 Feb 2026Plot 1 Land At Former The Royal British Legion Heol Uchaf Rhymney
Received 20 Feb 2026Rhymney House Hotel Merthyr Road To Nant Melyn Llechryd Tredegar NP22 5QG
Received 23 Feb 202629 Cwrt Ty Mawr Caerphilly CF83 3EQ
Received 23 Feb 202624 Heol Rhos Caerphilly CF83 2BE
Received 24 Feb 2026Castle House Castle Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UH
Received 24 Feb 2026Shop Unit 192 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AU
Received 24 Feb 202627 Addison Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1EN
Received 24 Feb 2026Tophill Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 25 Feb 2026Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 25 Feb 2026Land At Grid Ref 321129 189018 Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen
Received 26 Feb 202614 Elidyr Road Treowen Newport NP11 3EE
Received 26 Feb 202618 Holly Field Rise Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8JW
Received 26 Feb 2026Pantglas Farm Cefn-onn Farm Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3EJ
Received 23 Feb 2026Suite 5 - The Octagon Van Court Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly CF83 3ED
Received 27 Feb 2026Skateboard Park Wern Park Wern Crescent Nelson
Received 27 Feb 2026Land At Grid Ref 315722 187910 Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 27 Feb 2026Amberley 6 Cherry Trees Markham Blackwood NP12 0QW
Received 27 Feb 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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