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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.
12,417 approved · 2,401 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3A Bryn Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3NA
Received 13 Apr 2026Penrhiwbengi Farm Syr Dafydd Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LA
Received 14 Apr 20265 Nant-y-ffyddlon Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DQ
Received 15 Apr 2026Shop Unit B 44 Tredegar Street Risca Newport NP11 6BU
Received 15 Apr 2026The Co-operative Bank Unit B - Hazel House Portcullis House 16 - 18 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JN
Received 15 Apr 2026Land At Grid Ref 315379 195029 Raglan Road Hengoed
Received 16 Apr 20265 Lilian Road Blackwood NP12 1DN
Received 14 Apr 2026The Lord Nelson Inn 4 Commercial Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6ND
Received 16 Apr 2026Plasyfelin Primary School Lewis Drive Caerphilly CF83 3FT
Received 17 Apr 20261 The Square Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DH
Received 17 Apr 202656 Heolddu Road Bargoed CF81 8RQ
Received 20 Apr 2026Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 15 Apr 2026Land At Grid Ref 314990 195942 Forest Avenue Cefn Hengoed
Received 21 Apr 2026Caerphilly Leisure And Wellbeing Hub Van Avenue Caerphilly CF83 3TW
Received 21 Apr 202641 Hengoed Crescent Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HG
Received 22 Apr 202628 Rolls Avenue Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HP
Received 22 Apr 2026Land At Bryn Heulog Westville Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BD
Received 22 Apr 2026Ty Charlotte 4B Heolddu Road Gelligroes Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GZ
Received 22 Apr 20261 Redbrook Court St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1ED
Received 22 Apr 2026Land Off Tir Y Wen Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed
Received 22 Apr 2026PREMIER Unit A 18 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AD
Received 23 Apr 20266 Oakdale Close Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QU
Received 23 Apr 2026Land At Grid Ref 317584 195854 Penllwyn Lane Pontllanfraith
Received 23 Apr 2026Gleneagles Eglwysilan Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4JG
Received 23 Apr 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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