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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.
12,488 approved · 2,409 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 5 May 2026Springfield Penrhiw Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8RQ
Received 6 May 2026Land Within Curtilage Of Lord Nelson Heol Evan Wynne Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9PQ
Received 30 Apr 202613 Sunny Bank Terrace Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PY
Received 1 May 2026Land At The Old Farmhouse Pentref-y-groes Farm Lane East Croespenmaen
Received 7 May 2026Penbeili Farm Tydu Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PH
Received 1 May 2026Ty Rhos Waunwaelod Way Caerphilly CF83 1BD
Received 1 May 2026Plot 1 Land At Grid Ref 319863 198707 Pleasant Rise Croespenmaen
Received 1 May 202659 Heathlands Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7NZ
Received 1 May 2026Footbridge At Grid Ref 322082 192293 High Street Crosskeys
Received 8 May 2026Pen-y-cwm 22 Merthyr Road Princetown Tredegar NP22 3AE
Received 11 May 202629 Tawelfan Nelson Treharris CF46 6EH
Received 29 Apr 20261 Cae Gorlan Street Abercarn Newport NP11 4TA
Received 30 Apr 20268 Mining School Close Crumlin Newport NP11 4AQ
Received 5 May 2026Land At Former Royal British Legion Heol Uchaf Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5DN
Received 8 May 2026Penyfan Pond Bungalow Pen-y-fan Pond Road Pen-y-fan Abertillery NP13 2DT
Received 14 May 20261 Plynlimon Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GR
Received 11 May 2026Hancox's Pies Unit 3H To 3K 37 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3TH
Received 15 May 2026Parc Maes Ty Gawla Isaf To Rhymney River Cefn Mably Cardiff CF3 6LP
Received 15 May 202653B Shingrig Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6DU
Received 15 May 202619 Bredon Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6RB
Received 18 May 202658 - 59 High Street Rhymney
Received 14 May 2026Llanfabon Inn Cilfynydd Road To Pant-du Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 18 May 2026Land At Grid Ref 316666 189339 Mountain Road Bedwas
Received 18 May 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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