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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.
5,594 approved · 1,388 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Hafan-Werdd Caerphilly CF83 3BU
Received 30 Jan 2017Rhymney Comprehensive School Site And Adjacent Land Off Mill Field Abertysswg Rhymney NP12 5XF
Received 30 Jan 201762 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JQ
Received 27 Jan 201730 Crown Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GD
Received 27 Jan 2017Land At Former White Hart Inn Newbridge Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FX
Received 30 Jan 201715 Dol-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HL
Received 31 Jan 2017183 Vancouver Drive Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0US
Received 30 Jan 2017J D Wetherspoons Inns Ltd The Sirhowy 61-63 High Street And 59 High Street Blackwood NP12 1BA
Received 1 Feb 2017Redz Parc Hotel Cardiff Road Bargoed CF81 8NN
Received 1 Feb 2017H S B C 91-93 High Street Blackwood NP12 1PN
Received 1 Feb 2017Hillside Cottage 79 Main Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PP
Received 1 Feb 2017Tilley Beddoe Furniture Co 185 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 1 Feb 2017KFC 1 North Court High Street Blackwood NP12 1FG
Received 1 Feb 2017Land At Penyfan Leisure Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HY
Received 1 Feb 20173 The Meadows Blackwood NP12 1FL
Received 2 Feb 201761 Montclaire Avenue Blackwood NP12 1EF
Received 2 Feb 2017The Mead 271 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3BL
Received 2 Feb 2017Land At Grid Ref 319863 198707 Pleasant View Off Kendon Hill Crumlin Newport
Received 3 Feb 2017Land At Fair View Garage Pengam Road Pengam Blackwood
Received 3 Feb 201710 Newport Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8DX
Received 3 Feb 2017Land Adjoining Unit A 20 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 6 Feb 201758 Llanfach Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5LA
Received 3 Feb 2017105 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GD
Received 6 Feb 2017KFC 1 North Court High Street Blackwood NP12 1FG
Received 1 Feb 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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