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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.
12,801 approved · 2,463 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
De Clare Gardens Mountain Road Abertridwr To Hendredenny Park Hendredenny Caerphilly
Received 17 Aug 2026Land At Grid Ref 311188 194760 Rhodfa Ty Du Nelson
Received 17 Aug 2026Land At Grid Ref 312560 202179 Craig-y-felin Bailey Street Deri
Received 18 Aug 2026Caerphilly Castle Castle Street Caerphilly CF83 1JD
Received 20 Aug 2026Land Off Tir Y Wen Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed
Received 20 Aug 202654 High Meadow Abercarn Newport NP11 5AD
Received 20 Aug 202612 Waterloo Place Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NL
Received 21 Aug 2026Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 20 Aug 20262 De Winton Terrace Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3JX
Received 20 Aug 202617 High Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LP
Received 20 Aug 2026Tir Adam Uchaf Farm Heol Adam Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FU
Received 20 Aug 202619 Cae Collen Blackwood NP12 1FF
Received 25 Aug 2026What Stores Ltd Unit 18 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 26 Aug 2026Cwm Farm Blackbrook Road Caerphilly CF83 1NF
Received 24 Aug 202616 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QS
Received 27 Aug 2026Unit 5 & Unit 6 To 7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 27 Aug 2026Unit 5 & Unit 6 To 7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 27 Aug 2026Unit 5 & Unit 6 To 7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 27 Aug 2026Cwm Farm Queens Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6NN
Received 28 Aug 20265 - 7 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AA
Received 27 Aug 2026Ascona Retail Ltd - Shell Service Station Newbridge By-pass Crumlin Newport NP11 4QJ
Received 1 Sept 2026Pink Self Storage Caerphilly Yard 6 Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 1 Sept 2026Ty Ar Y Graig Lower Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6EB
Received 2 Sept 2026The Barn Pen Y Caeau Farm Abercarn Mountain Road Hafodyrynys Newport NP11 5AY
Received 2 Sept 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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