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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.
12,632 approved · 2,431 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Lon-y-deri Caerphilly CF83 1DS
Received 17 Jun 20262 Graig View Highland Terrace Blackwood NP12 1QN
Received 19 Jun 202615 Springfield Road Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6LY
Received 22 Jun 202686 - 108 Elm Drive Ty Sign Risca
Received 17 Jun 2026Land At Grid Ref 315722 187910 Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 22 Jun 2026123 Almond Avenue Ty Sign Risca Newport NP11 6PG
Received 23 Jun 2026Torbay House 278 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AW
Received 24 Jun 2026Power Athletics Caerphilly Unit A De Clare House 4 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 24 Jun 2026Emporium Building 41 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RD
Received 24 Jun 2026Emporium Building 41 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RD
Received 24 Jun 2026New Bungalow Club Llwyn On Lane Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NF
Received 23 Jun 2026Emmanuel Baptist Church Beulah Street To Jenkins Row Rhymney
Received 24 Jun 202619 Coed Duon View Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4EN
Received 24 Jun 2026Cyprus House 23 Navigation Road Risca Newport NP11 6FF
Received 25 Jun 202613 School Street Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6NG
Received 26 Jun 2026Land At Former Rosecarn Woodland Drive Newbridge Newport NP11 5FQ
Received 29 Jun 2026Emporium Building 41 High Street Bargoed
Received 29 Jun 20264 Mayhill Bungalows Blackwood NP12 1EB
Received 30 Jun 2026Allan Wilcox Racing Betting Office Heol Aneurin Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2PG
Received 30 Jun 202618 Rockleigh Avenue Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BQ
Received 1 Jul 202632 Mountain Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6NY
Received 2 Jul 2026Moores Motor Repairs Ltd Islwyn Road Wattsville Newport NP11 7QD
Received 1 Jul 2026St Catherine's Court Caerphilly Road Senghenydd
Received 2 Jul 2026Cadw The Grove Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 3FB
Received 2 Jul 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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