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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.
6,185 approved · 1,462 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2014 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Within The Curtilage Of 2 Brynmill House Millbrook Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AL
Received 30 Aug 2019Land At Grid Ref 311051 194899 Mafon Road Nelson
Received 30 Aug 201917 Bronrhiw Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HF
Received 30 Aug 2019Land At Grid Reference 316050 189420 Pandy Mawr Road Bedwas Caerphilly
Received 30 Aug 2019202 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AJ
Received 2 Sept 2019Ty Isaf Caerphilly Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EP
Received 2 Sept 2019The Lindens Lon Tyswg Abertyswg Tredegar NP22 5BJ
Received 2 Sept 201911 Holly Field Rise Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8JW
Received 2 Sept 20192 Tamar Close Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2FU
Received 2 Sept 201950 Cherry Tree Close Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HB
Received 2 Sept 2019Land At Grid Ref 319353 188688 Newport Road Machen
Received 2 Sept 20195 Buxton Court Caerphilly CF83 1RG
Received 2 Sept 2019River View (Land At Grid Ref 315569 188254) Heol-Y-Ddol Caerphilly
Received 3 Sept 2019Land At Grid Ref 320115 198442 Ty-Mawr Farm Lane Croespenmaen
Received 4 Sept 2019Land At Grid Ref 322001 193683 Tribute Avenue Cwmcarn
Received 5 Sept 201921 Hill Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AU
Received 5 Sept 201917 Penybryn Avenue Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3JS
Received 5 Sept 2019Land At Grid Ref 315771 187383 Lawrence Street Caerphilly
Received 5 Sept 20192 Bryn-Derwen Commercial Street Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JP
Received 6 Sept 20199 Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HY
Received 6 Sept 2019Graig Cottage The Graig Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7FA
Received 7 Sept 20192 Gelli Avenue Risca Newport NP11 6QF
Received 9 Sept 2019Glan Y Mor 19B Cwm Braenar Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DS
Received 6 Sept 20192 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HJ
Received 5 Sept 2019Records 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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