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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.
6,861 approved · 1,543 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Bloomfield Road Blackwood NP12 1LY
Received 9 Apr 2021Pencoed Fach Farm Heol Y Cefn Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 9 Apr 20212 Coronation Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BD
Received 9 Apr 2021Aneurin Park Heol Aneurin Penyrheol Caerphilly
Received 9 Apr 2021Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 9 Apr 20216 Mandeville Road Blackwood NP12 3PH
Received 9 Apr 2021Hanson Aggregates Machen Quarry Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8YP
Received 29 Jul 2020Part Of 6 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly
Received 9 Apr 202110 East Avenue Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AE
Received 9 Apr 2021The Chimneys Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BE
Received 6 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 317864 198697 Maesruddud Lane Blackwood
Received 9 Apr 2021Markham Reservoir Tank Commin Road Markham
Received 8 Apr 20214 The Bryn Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8GL
Received 12 Apr 20216 The Alders Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LQ
Received 12 Apr 20212 Great Western Cottages Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0SB
Received 12 Apr 202118 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 12 Apr 2021Hillsborough 70 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EN
Received 13 Apr 20211 Brunel Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HT
Received 13 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 324178 190996 Penrhiw Road Penrhiw Risca
Received 13 Apr 202161 Dol-Y-Pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HL
Received 12 Apr 20218 Glas Fryn Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TN
Received 12 Apr 202128 The Walk Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AH
Received 13 Apr 2021Land At Grid Ref 320814 198150 Fflorens Road Treowen
Received 13 Apr 2021Haul-y-bryn Brynhyfryd Terrace Risca Newport NP11 6FJ
Received 14 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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