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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.
12,849 approved · 2,467 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clear Sky Recruitment Ltd Unit B 29 - 31 Ton-y-felin Road Caerphilly CF83 1PA
Received 9 Sept 2026Starlight House 44 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AS
Received 10 Sept 2026Berth Gron Tydu Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PH
Received 10 Sept 2026Rhymney Railway Station The Terrace Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LW
Received 8 Sept 20262 Edward Terrace Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4FL
Received 10 Sept 20261 Commercial Street Pengam Blackwood NP12 3ST
Received 10 Sept 202624 Heol Cwarrel Clark Caerphilly CF83 2NE
Received 11 Sept 20262 Tan-y-llan Terrace Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HE
Received 11 Sept 2026Red Dragon Padel Ltd Unit 12B Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 10 Sept 2026Starlight House 44 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AS
Received 14 Sept 2026Land At Grid Ref 312708 188853 Coed-y-pica Abertridwr
Received 15 Sept 2026Maes-y-garn Maesruddud Lane Blackwood NP12 0AG
Received 15 Sept 202624 Bronwydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GX
Received 15 Sept 202616 Wesley Road Caerphilly CF83 1SS
Received 15 Sept 2026The Meadows Farm Village Retreat The Meadows Gypsy Lane Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UN
Received 16 Sept 202613 School Street Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6NG
Received 16 Sept 2026Crown Inn The Crown Access Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2HE
Received 16 Sept 2026Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 17 Sept 202677 Drum Tower View Caerphilly CF83 2XJ
Received 17 Sept 2026The Gron 1 Berllangron Cottages Cwmgelli Blackwood
Received 17 Sept 20261 Cae Pen-y-graig Caerphilly CF83 2AD
Received 18 Sept 202655 Cardiff Road Bargoed
Received 17 Sept 2026Hafodrisclawdd-isaf Hafodrisclawdd-isaf Farm Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HZ
Received 18 Sept 2026Twyn Hywel Energy Park Land North-West Of Caerphilly
Received 17 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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