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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.
5,609 approved · 1,392 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Half Acre Court Caerphilly CF83 3SU
Received 13 Feb 2017Penmain Chapel Oakdale Terrace Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DH
Received 14 Feb 2017Univar Block K - Leslie Court Western Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 1BQ
Received 14 Feb 2017Land Adjoining 68 Commercial Road Machen
Received 14 Feb 2017ATM Home Bargains Unit 6-7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 14 Feb 2017ATM Home Bargains Unit 6-7 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 14 Feb 2017Howdens Joinery Co Unit A3 (7-12) Pinewood Court (Block A) St Davids Industrial Estate Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SW
Received 16 Feb 201728 Clos Gwastir Caerphilly CF83 1TD
Received 16 Feb 2017Tir-y-berth Meals-on-Wheels Horner Street Tir-y-berth
Received 16 Feb 20177 Riverside Terrace Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NE
Received 15 Feb 20178 Llys Y Coed Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7FD
Received 16 Feb 2017Land Adjacent To 26 Gelynos Avenue Argoed
Received 15 Feb 20171 Cardigan Way Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1GB
Received 16 Feb 201722 Ogilvie Terrace Deri Bargoed CF81 9JB
Received 15 Feb 201724 Kingsley Place Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4HD
Received 17 Feb 201747 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 17 Feb 201757 Coed Celynen Drive Abercarn Newport NP11 5AU
Received 20 Feb 2017Pearmat Ltd Pen-y-fan Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood
Received 20 Feb 201717 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 20 Feb 2017Land At Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 21 Feb 2017Land At Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith
Received 21 Feb 2017124 Greenfield Street New Tredegar NP24 6LH
Received 21 Feb 2017Ty Newydd - Ty Isaf Farm Abertridwr Road Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AP
Received 21 Feb 201724 Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EB
Received 22 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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