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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.
6,602 approved · 1,512 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2014 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Caerphilly Golf Club (Rear Of 9 Redbrook Court) Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HJ
Received 29 Apr 2020Land At Grid Ref 315476 196261 (Rear Of 2 Twyn Fleur-de-lis) Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood
Received 30 Apr 2020Flat A 32 Merchant Street Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9PD
Received 29 Apr 202017 Cardiff Road Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XE
Received 30 Apr 20201 Piccadilly Square Caerphilly CF83 1PB
Received 30 Apr 2020Land Off Oakdale Terrace Oakdale
Received 1 May 20205 Rectory Gardens Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SU
Received 1 May 202054 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1JQ
Received 4 May 202038 Drum Tower View Caerphilly CF83 2XW
Received 4 May 202014 King Street Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HL
Received 4 May 202034 Rhodfa Glascoed Blackwood NP12 1GW
Received 4 May 20206 Woodville Terrace Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AP
Received 5 May 202024 Cwrt Draw Llyn Caerphilly CF83 1RZ
Received 6 May 202029 High Street Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4GG
Received 6 May 2020Land Within Curtilage Of Delamere Garth Place To Rhydri Primary School Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DF
Received 6 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 321962 195820 Oak Street Abercarn
Received 6 May 202076 Greenfield Street Bargoed CF81 8RW
Received 6 May 2020Trem-y-mynydd (Site Of Former McLaren Arms) Walter Street Abertysswg
Received 6 May 202036 Fair View Pengam Blackwood NP12 3NS
Received 8 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 315319 197123 Glan-Yr-Afon Lane Fleur-de-lis
Received 11 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 313945 195746 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 12 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 313945 195746 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 12 May 2020Land At Grid Ref 313945 195746 Winding Wheel Lane Penallta
Received 12 May 2020Former Tabernacle Chapel Hall Chapel Street Deri
Received 12 May 2020Records 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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