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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.
6,943 approved · 1,557 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Maesycoed Terrace Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7BU
Received 24 May 202120 Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PA
Received 24 May 20215 Skomer Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2AR
Received 24 May 202119 Greenwood Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1EZ
Received 24 May 2021Gelligoediog Farm Gelligoediog Farm Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0RH
Received 24 May 2021Nine Mile Point Recreation Ground Graig View Ynysddu
Received 24 May 202170 St Christopher's Drive Caerphilly CF83 1DD
Received 24 May 2021Nantygledyr 231 Bedwas Road Caerphilly CF83 3AR
Received 24 May 2021Hazelmere Crescent Road Caerphilly CF83 1AB
Received 24 May 2021The Rhos Bedwas Road Caerphilly
Received 24 May 20215 Vancouver Drive Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0UQ
Received 25 May 2021Land Within Curtilage Of Dan-y-coed Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 26 May 2021Asda Stores Ltd Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3SX
Received 26 May 2021Asda Stores Ltd Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3SX
Received 26 May 2021123 - 127 High Street Blackwood
Received 26 May 202116 Sycamore Court Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0DA
Received 26 May 2021212 Pandy Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EP
Received 26 May 202111 Elidyr Road Treowen Newport NP11 3EE
Received 26 May 2021Land At Grid Ref 318157 196676 Tir-Philkins Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith
Received 26 May 2021Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 26 May 2021E Block Coleg Y Cymoedd - Ystrad Mynach Campus Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 27 May 20214 Henfron Caerphilly CF83 2NU
Received 27 May 2021Land South West Of Troed Y Rhiw Road Wattsville
Received 28 May 202121 Glen View Crumlin Newport NP11 4QE
Received 28 May 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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