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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.
12,303 approved · 2,386 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mill Street Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HH
Received 18 Mar 2026Unit 4 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney
Received 18 Mar 202631 Burnet Drive Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FN
Received 18 Mar 2026Land At Former St Catherine's Church Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PA
Received 19 Mar 202612 Gelli Dawel Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2QT
Received 18 Mar 2026The Rectory High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HA
Received 19 Mar 202622 Bronrhiw Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HF
Received 20 Mar 202640 - 44 & 46 - 48 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AE
Received 20 Mar 202620 Sannan Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BJ
Received 19 Mar 2026Land At Grid Ref 318341 189126 William Street Trethomas Caerphilly
Received 20 Mar 2026The Meadows Farm Village Retreat The Meadows Gypsy Lane Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UN
Received 23 Mar 2026Rosewood Brynhafod Road Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BH
Received 23 Mar 2026Pink Self Storage Ystrad Mynach Unit 11 Coopers Court Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 23 Mar 202641 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DN
Received 23 Mar 202638 Station Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AT
Received 23 Mar 2026Land North Of ARC Car Wash 1 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 23 Mar 2026Glanbrynar Farm Tir-philkins Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AS
Received 20 Mar 2026Enfield 29 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HH
Received 24 Mar 2026Ty Cornel Y Bryn (Land At Former Rosecarn) Woodland Drive Newbridge Newport NP11 5FQ
Received 24 Mar 202610 Ashgrove Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BP
Received 24 Mar 20269 The Green Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NX
Received 24 Mar 202650 Clos Cwm Garw Caerphilly CF83 2BG
Received 26 Mar 2026Old Goods Yard Park Road Industrial Estate Risca
Received 24 Mar 2026Motion 29 Ltd Unit 9 To 11 Block C Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2XF
Received 27 Mar 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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