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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.
12,690 approved · 2,445 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Maes-y-drudwen Caerphilly CF83 2QG
Received 14 Jul 2026Trinant Sports And Social Club CIO Conway Road Trinant Newport NP11 3JP
Received 15 Jul 2026Unit 6 To 7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 16 Jul 202636 Bryn Yr Ysgol Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2BY
Received 15 Jul 2026Valley Tavern 15 High Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UD
Received 15 Jul 202612 Middle Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QJ
Received 20 Jul 2026Oakleaf Recycling Ltd Unit 23 Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Land At Grid Ref 316666 189339 Mountain Road Bedwas
Received 16 Jul 2026Land At Cwmgelli Blackwood
Received 21 Jul 2026Rudry Parish Hall Garth Place To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 21 Jul 2026Tir Adam Uchaf Farm Heol Adam Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FU
Received 21 Jul 2026Newbridge Surgery Ashfield Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4RA
Received 23 Jul 2026Bethania Church Upper Road Elliot's Town
Received 23 Jul 2026Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 24 Jul 2026Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 24 Jul 2026Plasyfelin Primary School Lewis Drive Caerphilly CF83 3FT
Received 24 Jul 2026Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 24 Jul 2026Land At Grid Ref 316404 186590 Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly
Received 24 Jul 2026Land At Junction Of Llanarth Street/Duffryn Road Brynawel Wattsville NP11 7QU
Received 27 Jul 2026Land At Grid Ref 313987 195625 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 27 Jul 2026121 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DQ
Received 28 Jul 202685 High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6HA
Received 28 Jul 2026Tynycwm Farm Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ER
Received 28 Jul 202615 Llancayo Street Bargoed CF81 8TD
Received 27 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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