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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.
5,515 approved · 1,380 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 10 Nov 2016Wind Turbine Pen-yr-heol Farm Commin Road Hollybush
Received 10 Nov 2016The Co-operative Group Station Buildings High Street Newbridge Newport NP11 4EZ
Received 11 Nov 2016The Co-operative Group Station Buildings High Street Newbridge Newport NP11 4EZ
Received 11 Nov 2016Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Pentwyn Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6LY
Received 11 Nov 2016Land Adjoining Bedwas Cemetery Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 11 Nov 2016Aldi Stores Ltd High Street Blackwood NP12 1BE
Received 14 Nov 20169 Gordon Close Blackwood NP12 1EP
Received 14 Nov 2016Fwrrwm Ishta House 68 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 14 Nov 201685 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FQ
Received 11 Nov 2016Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 11 Nov 20161 Coed-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DS
Received 10 Nov 201621 Bredon Close Trenewydd Park Risca Newport NP11 6RB
Received 14 Nov 2016Unit B 31-33 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RB
Received 14 Nov 2016Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 11 Nov 201668 Fairways Bargoed CF81 8TQ
Received 15 Nov 201623 Church Road Risca Newport NP11 6FG
Received 7 Nov 2016Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 11 Nov 201614 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 15 Nov 2016Land At Glendale Van Road Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 11 Nov 2016Oakdale Hotel Central Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LW
Received 15 Nov 2016Land South Of Glendale Van Road Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 11 Nov 2016Firbeck Royal Oak Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SN
Received 16 Nov 20163 Coundley Close Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3TS
Received 14 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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