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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.
5,734 approved · 1,403 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Heol Tir-Y-Llan Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FJ
Received 13 Jun 2017Ty'n Y Wern 5 Park Road Hengoed CF82 7LW
Received 13 Jun 20175 Pontbren Cottages Pontbren Road Hafodyrynys Newport NP11 5BH
Received 13 Jun 201770 - 72 Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PL
Received 14 Jun 2017Twyn Gwyn Cottage Ty Capel Twyn-gwyn Road Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 7AU
Received 14 Jun 2017Willowside Cefn Road Upper Deri Bargoed CF81 9GW
Received 14 Jun 2017Trethomas 33KV Substation Addison Way Graig-y-Rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8WW
Received 14 Jun 2017Land At St Mary's Street Bedwas
Received 15 Jun 2017Moulded Foams Ltd 2 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EU
Received 16 Jun 2017Hillside Cottage 79 Main Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PP
Received 16 Jun 201711 - 13 High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6EU
Received 16 Jun 2017Land Adjoining Arrow Ford Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JG
Received 16 Jun 201748 Cardiff Road Bargoed CF81 8PA
Received 16 Jun 2017Land At Grid Ref 317750 317750 Located Between Methodist Chapel & 3 High Street Argoed Blackwood
Received 16 Jun 20176 Halls Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4FY
Received 19 Jun 2017Pen-y-fan Farm Pen-y-fan Farm Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HZ
Received 19 Jun 201722 High Street Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3LQ
Received 20 Jun 2017Cruglwyn Wind Farm Cruglwyn Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 20 Jun 201725 Church Road Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DL
Received 20 Jun 201715 Tree Tops Avenue Blackwood NP12 1JF
Received 20 Jun 20179 Tir-Berllan Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GZ
Received 21 Jun 2017The Business Centre Waun Borfa Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3JR
Received 21 Jun 2017Land Within The Curtilage Of Mountain House 41 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HH
Received 22 Jun 2017The Castle Inn And Lodge Twyncarn Road Pontywaun Newport NP11 7DU
Received 21 Jun 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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