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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.
6,852 approved · 1,543 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Heol Ganol Caerphilly CF83 1AS
Received 29 Mar 202114 Dol-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HP
Received 6 Apr 2021The Nook 64 Hengoed Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BR
Received 6 Apr 2021Highfield Penrhiw Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PX
Received 7 Apr 2021Travis Perkins Unit 27 Abercarn Industrial Estate Bridge Street Abercarn Newport NP11 5EY
Received 7 Apr 202154 Oakdale Terrace Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0DF
Received 6 Apr 2021Pizza Pan 7 Central Buildings Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JU
Received 7 Apr 2021Gwent Tertiary College - Coleg Gwent Cross Keys Campus Risca Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7ZA
Received 7 Apr 2021Lower-Glyn Gwyn Street Allotments Lower Glyn-Gwyn Street Trethomas
Received 7 Apr 202191 Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HL
Received 7 Apr 202158 Pantyfid Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DU
Received 31 Mar 2021Land At The Bungalow Pant Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BB
Received 31 Mar 20211 New Road Deri Bargoed CF81 9GJ
Received 6 Apr 2021Bryn Glas 256 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HY
Received 31 Mar 2021Land At Public Open Space Millers Wood Penmaen Oakdale
Received 7 Apr 202113 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 7 Apr 20215 Rhos Avenue Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DH
Received 7 Apr 2021Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 7 Apr 20212 Britannia Villas Britannia Terrace Britannia Blackwood NP12 3TF
Received 8 Apr 20217 Pen-Y-Bont Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HD
Received 7 Apr 202126 Bron Las Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TB
Received 8 Apr 2021Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 8 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 321178 189604 Eastern End Of Cwm Fedw Machen
Received 8 Apr 20219 Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 9 Apr 2021Records 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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