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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.
6,736 approved · 1,530 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Grid Ref 321550 198032 - Crumlin Woodland Old Pant Road Pantside
Received 25 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 310595 195283 Llwyncelyn Terrace East Lane Nelson
Received 25 Sept 20201 Heol Tasker Nelson Treharris CF46 6JB
Received 28 Sept 202031 Beech Grove Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LS
Received 28 Sept 2020124 Porset Drive Caerphilly CF83 1PN
Received 28 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 321621 194528 Commercial Road Abercarn
Received 28 Sept 2020Ty Eglwys Rose Cottages 3 Church Street Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PJ
Received 28 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 316383 187734 Rhos Llantwit Caerphilly
Received 28 Sept 202072 Heol Ysgubor Caerphilly CF83 1SR
Received 28 Sept 2020Woodfields Nursery And Plant Centre Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EW
Received 28 Sept 2020Land At Grid Ref 314702 200251 Upper North Road Bargoed
Received 29 Sept 202023 Hawthorn Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PB
Received 29 Sept 2020Land East Of 32 Castle Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UH
Received 29 Sept 2020Iconic Llanarth Corner Llanarth Road Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2LG
Received 30 Sept 20206 Heol Rhos Caerphilly CF83 2BE
Received 30 Sept 2020Bryn Glas 256 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 30 Sept 2020Frontier Multigate Ltd Block A Newbridge Road Industrial Estate Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2YL
Received 30 Sept 202039 Rhyswg Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5HA
Received 2 Oct 20201 Drawbridge Close Caerphilly CF83 2XP
Received 5 Oct 202028 Highfield Crescent Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2ED
Received 4 Oct 2020White Hart Inn White Hart Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QQ
Received 2 Oct 2020Llwyncellyn Cwmgelli Villas Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BU
Received 5 Oct 202012 Llwyn Eithin Caerphilly CF83 3BW
Received 5 Oct 2020Commercial House Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 6 Oct 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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