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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.
5,588 approved · 1,388 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Santander 148 High Street Blackwood NP12 1YZ
Received 19 Jan 201727 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RB
Received 19 Jan 2017Plot 1 74 Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6NP
Received 19 Jan 2017Caenant House Mill Road Caerphilly
Received 19 Jan 2017Pearmat Ltd Pen-y-fan Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood
Received 20 Jan 2017Hot And Cold Foods Catering Trailer Blackwood Working Mens Club 10 Woodbine Road Blackwood
Received 18 Jan 201766 Pencoed Avenue Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3LF
Received 20 Jan 201730 Broomfield Street Caerphilly CF83 1FY
Received 19 Jan 201727 Bryn-Gwyn Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8BA
Received 21 Jan 2017Land At Former Supac Ltd Gellideg Industrial Estate Gellideg Lane Maesycwmmer CF82 7SH
Received 23 Jan 2017Pentwyn Farm Heol Las Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2TT
Received 24 Jan 201744 Llanfach Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5LA
Received 23 Jan 2017Land At Grid Ref 311245 205964 Fochriw Road Pontlottyn Bargoed
Received 23 Jan 2017Land At Watford Road Watford Caerphilly
Received 25 Jan 2017Aberfawr House Aberfawr Road Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4EJ
Received 25 Jan 2017Trinity Fields School And Resource Centre Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XW
Received 20 Jan 2017Unit R Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 25 Jan 2017Eriez Magnetics Europe Ltd Unit 17 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8YG
Received 25 Jan 2017Land To The South Of Deri Community Centre Car Park Riverside Walk Deri Bargoed
Received 24 Jan 201730 Newport Road Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8DA
Received 31 Jan 2017Cwrt-Y-Betty-Farm 31 Hospital Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DG
Received 26 Jan 201728 Vale View Gelli Park Risca Newport NP11 6HS
Received 27 Jan 2017Shop Unit 3 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 28 Jan 2017Mynydd Bychan 5 Cae Uwchllyn Caerphilly CF83 1TY
Received 30 Jan 2017Records 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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