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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.
5,491 approved · 1,379 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tyr Hendre Pant-Du Road To Tydu Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 24 Oct 20164 Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 25 Oct 2016Unit 4 Riverbank Court Newport Road Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BY
Received 27 Oct 201664 Cae Collen Blackwood NP12 1FF
Received 26 Oct 2016Land At St Mary's Street Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 26 Oct 201616 Moriah Hill Risca Newport NP11 6PZ
Received 27 Oct 201686 Old Station Buildings 82 - 86 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JR
Received 27 Oct 201669 High Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7FN
Received 28 Oct 2016Home Bargains Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HF
Received 28 Oct 2016Home Bargains Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HF
Received 28 Oct 201627 Lower Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QH
Received 28 Oct 2016Ty Maen Farm Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ER
Received 28 Oct 2016Currys-PC World & Carphone Warehouse Unit 9 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 28 Oct 2016Land Opposite Highcrest Garage James Street Markham Blackwood
Received 31 Oct 2016Land Opposite Highcrest Garage James Street Markham Blackwood
Received 31 Oct 2016Land Opposite Highcrest Garage James Street Markham Blackwood
Received 31 Oct 2016Land Opposite Highcrest Garage James Street Markham Blackwood
Received 31 Oct 2016Darran Solar Park (Former Land At Darran Farm) Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 31 Oct 2016Land To The South Of Deri Community Centre Car Park Riverside Walk Deri Bargoed
Received 1 Nov 2016Land Adjacent To Bristol House High Street Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HQ
Received 1 Nov 201611 Maes-Y-Drudwen Caerphilly CF83 2QG
Received 31 Oct 2016Asda Cliff Road Blackwood NP12 0NT
Received 2 Nov 201688 Thomas Street New Tredegar NP24 6AF
Received 31 Oct 20162 Birchwood Gardens Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8UD
Received 2 Nov 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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