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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.
12,768 approved · 2,455 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Gelligaer Court Hospital Road Penpedairheol
Received 5 Aug 2026Land At Grid Ref 318897 198815 Syr Dafydd Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LA
Received 4 Aug 2026Bryncanol Ty Canol Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QE
Received 5 Aug 2026187 - 189 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 31 Jul 2026Unit 2 Darren Drive Prince Of Wales Industrial Estate Abercarn Newport NP11 5AR
Received 7 Aug 20268 Lon-y-waun Caerphilly CF83 1DQ
Received 10 Aug 2026Land Opposite Ty Pen-y-waun Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ER
Received 10 Aug 2026Castle Court Silver Street Pontywaun Newport NP11 7DY
Received 11 Aug 202611 Marsh Court Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BF
Received 11 Aug 2026Caerphilly Community Centre Watford Road Watford Caerphilly CF83 1BJ
Received 6 Aug 202667 Waun Draw Caerphilly CF83 3SL
Received 11 Aug 202633 Heol Tasker Nelson Treharris CF46 6JB
Received 6 Aug 2026Former Playground Penallta Villas Ystrad Mynach
Received 7 Aug 20261 The Square Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DH
Received 12 Aug 20261 Gelli Dawel Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2QT
Received 13 Aug 2026Rosita's The Visitor Centre - Caerphilly The Twyn Caerphilly CF83 1JL
Received 13 Aug 2026ALDI Mafon Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PE
Received 13 Aug 2026Caeglas Colliery Co Ltd Caeglas Colliery Fochriw Road Fochriw
Received 14 Aug 2026The Meadows Farm Village Retreat The Meadows Gypsy Lane Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UN
Received 17 Aug 20269 St David's Park New Tredegar NP24 6BJ
Received 17 Aug 2026Pant Farm Central Avenue Pantside Newport NP11 5GB
Received 18 Aug 2026Rhymney Convenience Stores 1 Jerusalem Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5JB
Received 18 Aug 2026Land Adj To 68 Coed Celynen Drive Abercarn Newport NP11 5AU
Received 18 Aug 2026Land At Grid Ref 319579 196123 Friar's Mead Pentwyn-mawr
Received 14 Aug 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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