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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.
5,861 approved · 1,421 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Banalog Terrace Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0SF
Received 17 Oct 201712 Heol-Y-Dreflan Caerphilly CF83 3ES
Received 17 Oct 2017Old Roman Catholic Church Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LE
Received 17 Oct 2017Ty Treharne Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 18 Oct 2017Ty Treharne Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 18 Oct 2017Unit 31 Bowen Industrial Estate Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9EP
Received 17 Oct 2017Land Adjacent To Y Bethyn Gwerthonor Lane Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JT
Received 17 Oct 201713 West View Crescent Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JG
Received 18 Oct 20173 Byron Place Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BP
Received 18 Oct 2017Land (At Grid Ref 315605 188159) Adjacent To Swyn-y-Nant 76A Heol-Y-Ddol Caerphilly CF83 3JN
Received 19 Oct 2017Laxmi Court - Carn Gethin Hengoed Road Cefn Hengoed
Received 19 Oct 2017Gwaun-y-bara House Pentwyngwyn Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DG
Received 20 Oct 20178 Pen-Y-Groes Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2JN
Received 19 Oct 201724 Woodside Walk Wattsville Newport NP11 7NZ
Received 19 Oct 2017Former O'Brien Construction (South Wales) Ltd Suite 3B Block B - Brydon House Van Court Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly CF83 3ED
Received 20 Oct 2017Garage At Grid Ref 314374 194480 R/o 19 Lewis Street Ystrad Mynach
Received 20 Oct 2017The Co-operative Food Group Unit A 70 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PG
Received 20 Oct 201742 Graig View Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SE
Received 20 Oct 2017Land At (Woodfield Park Funeral Home) Woodfield Park Lane Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EU
Received 20 Oct 2017Cambridge House Corbetts Lane Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HX
Received 20 Oct 2017Land Off St Cenydd Road Caerphilly CF83 2RP
Received 20 Oct 2017Land At Grid Ref 315319 197123 Glan-Yr-Afon Lane Fleur-de-lis
Received 23 Oct 2017Tir-y-rhen Farm Heol Adam Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FU
Received 23 Oct 2017Land At Grid Ref 315319 197123 Glan-Yr-Afon Lane Fleur-de-lis
Received 30 Oct 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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