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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.
12,663 approved · 2,440 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 315720 196000 Summerfield Terrace Fleur-de-lis
Received 3 Jul 20261 Ludlow Street Caerphilly CF83 1GG
Received 7 Jul 2026Primrose Cottage Yew Tree Cottage To The Row Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 7 Jul 20265 Pantyfid Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DT
Received 7 Jul 2026Land At Buchan Building And Whitbread Enterprise Centre Rhymney Walk Rhymney
Received 6 Jul 2026Land At Buchan Building And Whitbread Enterprise Centre Rhymney Walk Rhymney
Received 6 Jul 202638 Graig-y-fedw Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4AR
Received 6 Jul 202656 Heolddu Road Bargoed CF81 8RQ
Received 7 Jul 202639 Melin Street Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7GZ
Received 8 Jul 2026Moruzzi Landscapes Limited Nantgarw Road Caerphilly CF83 1BW
Received 8 Jul 20262 Tan-y-llan Terrace Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HE
Received 7 Jul 202666 Woodfieldside Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2RG
Received 9 Jul 2026Mini Miners Centre Lisburn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AS
Received 7 Jul 2026Land At Grid Ref 318132 189100 Navigation Street Trethomas
Received 9 Jul 2026Mixit Concrete Services Ltd Unit 8 South Road Penallta Industrial Estate Penallta Hengoed CF82 7ST
Received 10 Jul 2026Trethomas Life Centre Heol-yr-ysgol Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8FL
Received 13 Jul 2026Windrush St Martin's Crescent Caerphilly CF83 1ER
Received 13 Jul 20261 Woodward Avenue Crosskeys Newport NP11 7BS
Received 13 Jul 202690 First Avenue Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SD
Received 13 Jul 202621 Heol Isaf Nelson Treharris CF46 6NS
Received 10 Jul 202628 Denbigh Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UN
Received 14 Jul 2026Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 15 Jul 2026Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 15 Jul 2026Trinant Sports And Social Club CIO Conway Road Trinant Newport NP11 3JP
Received 15 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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