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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.
12,895 approved · 2,479 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3XG
Received 29 Sept 2026Enterprise Rent-a-car 3 - 9 Mill Road Caerphilly CF83 3FD
Received 29 Sept 2026102 Tan-y-bryn Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LG
Received 30 Sept 2026Tesco Stores Ltd New Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DP
Received 30 Sept 2026Tesco Stores Ltd New Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DP
Received 30 Sept 20263 Britannia Villas Britannia Terrace Britannia Blackwood NP12 3TF
Received 29 Sept 2026Unit 16 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 1 Oct 2026Hancox's Pies Unit 3H To 3K 37 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3TH
Received 5 Oct 2026Ty Ein Teulu 4A Park Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QA
Received 5 Oct 20261 Rhos Street Caerphilly CF83 3HP
Received 1 Oct 20263 Herbert Avenue Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JS
Received 5 Oct 2026Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 5 Oct 2026Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 5 Oct 2026Land At Grid Ref 314866 193295 Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 6 Oct 2026Llanfabon Inn Cilfynydd Road To Pant-du Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 6 Oct 202615 Rowan Close Nelson Treharris CF46 6EN
Received 5 Oct 202615 Glendale Gardens Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3TR
Received 6 Oct 2026Llanfabon Inn Cilfynydd Road To Pant-du Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 7 Oct 20263 Heol Morien Nelson Treharris CF46 6JA
Received 5 Oct 202617 Bryn-rhedyn Caerphilly CF83 3BT
Received 7 Oct 2026Liquid Over Time LTD 14 Pentrebane Street Caerphilly CF83 1FR
Received 6 Oct 2026What Stores Ltd Unit 18 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 7 Oct 2026Caerphilly Leisure And Wellbeing Hub Van Avenue Caerphilly CF83 3TW
Received 7 Oct 202639 Twyn Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5JY
Received 8 Oct 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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