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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.
5,668 approved · 1,395 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Castell Y Fan Caerphilly CF83 3JL
Received 11 Apr 2017Land Within Curtilage Of 50 The Crescent Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SW
Received 11 Apr 2017Land Adjacent To 26 Gelynos Avenue Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AT
Received 10 Apr 20176 Bramblewood Court Pengam Blackwood NP12 3QW
Received 11 Apr 20174 Marianwen Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3JT
Received 11 Apr 201718 Tyn-Y-Waun Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8LA
Received 12 Apr 2017Sherwood 1 Tir-Y-Cwm Road Risca Newport NP11 6DL
Received 12 Apr 2017Ironbridge Cottage The Row To Gwern-Y-Goytre Draethen Newport NP10 8GB
Received 12 Apr 201724 Kingsley Place Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4HD
Received 12 Apr 2017Derrylands The Fairways Blackwood NP12 1HX
Received 13 Apr 2017Land South Of Glendale Van Road Caerphilly CF83 3RR
Received 7 Apr 2017Casa Mia (Former Careers Office) Unit A 4 - 6 The Twyn Caerphilly CF83 1JL
Received 13 Apr 2017Shop Unit 3 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 14 Apr 201725 Mountain View Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4AT
Received 14 Apr 2017Beulah Baptist Church North Road Newbridge
Received 14 Apr 20172 Mayhill Bungalows Blackwood NP12 1EB
Received 18 Apr 2017104 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DQ
Received 18 Apr 20179 Paxton Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HL
Received 13 Apr 20171 Oak Lane Royal Oak Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SQ
Received 18 Apr 20179 Summerfield Lane Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RP
Received 13 Apr 2017Land At Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EH
Received 13 Apr 2017Unit 19 Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 18 Apr 20176 Druids Close Caerphilly CF83 2XR
Received 13 Apr 2017Land Adjoining Birchwood Caerphilly Road Llanbradach
Received 12 Apr 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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