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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.
5,485 approved · 1,379 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2015 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 St Andrews Drive Blackwood NP12 2ET
Received 11 Oct 2016Pearmat Ltd Pen-y-fan Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood
Received 11 Oct 2016Land North Of Tair Waun Uchaf Farm Cilfynydd Road To Pant-Du Road Llanfabon CF37 4HN
Received 12 Oct 2016Pride In Care Ltd Newport House Abertysswg Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5AE
Received 12 Oct 2016Yew Tree Cottage New Bethel Road New Bethel Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2BB
Received 13 Oct 201622 Ogilvie Terrace Deri Bargoed CF81 9JB
Received 13 Oct 2016Land At Pen Bryn Oer Merthyr Road Rhymney
Received 14 Oct 2016Unit 9 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 13 Oct 2016Factory Unit Pengam Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FW
Received 14 Oct 201625 Medart Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7AG
Received 14 Oct 201643 Gellideg Isaf Rise Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RB
Received 17 Oct 2016Land At Watford Road Caerphilly
Received 17 Oct 2016Unit R Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 18 Oct 201614 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 18 Oct 2016Llechwen Hall Hotel Craig-Evan-Leyshon Common Road Nelson Pontypridd CF37 4HP
Received 18 Oct 201626 Bryngwyn Watford Caerphilly CF83 1ET
Received 19 Oct 201647-48 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RD
Received 19 Oct 201638 Station Street Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4HQ
Received 19 Oct 2016Land At 5 South Shops High Street Newbridge
Received 19 Oct 201617 Westville Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BB
Received 19 Oct 2016Ardwyn Former St Annes Church Hengoed Road Cefn Hengoed Hengoed
Received 20 Oct 2016Land At Riverside Walk Deri Bargoed
Received 19 Oct 201624 Llys Cyncoed Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NQ
Received 20 Oct 20163A Underwood Caerphilly CF83 1HW
Received 24 Oct 2016Records 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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