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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.
5,977 approved · 1,435 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of Royal Oak Inn Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EA
Received 15 Dec 20174 Gellideg Heights Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RL
Received 14 Dec 2017Plot 4 Land Adjacent To Islwyn Indoor Bowls Centre Gelli Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JR
Received 15 Dec 2017Plot 5 Land Adjacent To Islwyn Indoor Bowls Centre Gelli Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JR
Received 15 Dec 201759 Heol Ysgubor Caerphilly CF83 1SR
Received 18 Dec 201716 Elidyr Road Treowen Newport NP11 3EE
Received 19 Dec 2017Land At St Mary's Street Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 19 Dec 2017Ty Treharne Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 20 Dec 201751 Addison Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1EN
Received 21 Dec 2017Ty Newydd - Ty Isaf Farm Abertridwr Road Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AP
Received 20 Dec 2017Cwmdarhian Barn Gwerthonor-ganol Farm Gwerthonor-Ganol Farm Lane Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8PY
Received 20 Dec 2017Ty Ein Teulu 4A Park Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QA
Received 21 Dec 201728 Coronation Road Blackwood NP12 1EA
Received 21 Dec 2017Pen-Yr-Heol-Las Solar Park Manmoel Road Manmoel
Received 21 Dec 2017Land At Grid Ref 320509 200173 Pentwyn Road Trinant
Received 21 Dec 2017New Inn Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UP
Received 21 Dec 201721 Ffwrwm Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NF
Received 22 Dec 2017Stately-Albion Ltd Unit 19 Darren Drive Prince Of Wales Industrial Estate Abercarn
Received 22 Dec 2017Land At Oakdale Golf Course Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale
Received 22 Dec 20177 Britannia Terrace Britannia Blackwood NP12 3TE
Received 2 Jan 2018Garage At Grid Ref 320206 196633 Bryngwyn Road Ul Newbridge
Received 2 Jan 20181 Mount Pleasant Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3SA
Received 2 Jan 2018Land To The Rear Of 50 Victoria Road Fleur De Lis Blackwood NP12 3UQ
Received 3 Jan 2018Coed Cil-lonydd Woodland Blaengawney Farm Lane Hafodyrynys
Received 4 Jan 2018Records 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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