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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.
6,675 approved · 1,523 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2 (Former Nat West Bank) Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed
Received 23 Jul 2020Khushi Residential Care Home Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 23 Jul 2020Cedar House 15 Plynlimon Avenue Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3GR
Received 23 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 315198 191091 Wingfield Crescent East Lane Llanbradach
Received 23 Jul 2020Grey Stones 11 Rectory Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AX
Received 23 Jul 202032 Wheatley Place Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1EU
Received 23 Jul 2020Swn-y-deryn Westville Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BD
Received 24 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 320814 198150 Fflorens Road Treowen
Received 24 Jul 2020Land At Nelson Shooting Club Cilfynydd Road To Pant-Du Road Llanfabon Pontypridd CF37 4HN
Received 27 Jul 202015 Moorland Road Bargoed CF81 8UH
Received 25 Jul 2020Garth Farm Garth Lane Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DR
Received 27 Jul 202011 Coed-Yr-Eos Caerphilly CF83 2RS
Received 27 Jul 202064 Fairways Bargoed CF81 8TQ
Received 24 Jul 202015 Myrtle Grove Hengoed CF82 7JL
Received 27 Jul 20205 Nine Mile Point Road Wattsville Newport NP11 7QP
Received 27 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 316601 201839 (Former Railway) Newport Road Markham
Received 4 Aug 2020Unit 4 Roundabout Court Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 28 Jul 202033 St Annes Gardens Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BS
Received 28 Jul 2020Ty Tallis 13 Penrhiw Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JH
Received 28 Jul 2020Land At Grid Ref 321173 189114 Commercial Road Machen
Received 24 Jul 202016 The Avenue Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HJ
Received 28 Jul 202011 Oakland Gardens Bargoed CF81 8QF
Received 28 Jul 2020Starbucks Asda Stores Ltd Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HH
Received 29 Jul 202020 Brynhyfryd Terrace Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PZ
Received 29 Jul 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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