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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.
7,031 approved · 1,575 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
AJM Auto Services And Miracle Van Hire Old Telephone Exchange Bus Station Road Blackwood NP12 1FA
Received 24 Aug 2021Capels Van Centre Capel Court Pengam Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SR
Received 25 Aug 202125 Albertina Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DX
Received 26 Aug 2021Welsh Oak Inn 167 Risca Road Rogerstone Risca Newport NP10 9GE
Received 26 Aug 202110 Laburnum Grove Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PT
Received 26 Aug 202128 Clos Coed Bach Blackwood NP12 1GT
Received 27 Aug 202174 Greenacre Drive Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HH
Received 27 Aug 2021Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 27 Aug 20219 Firecrest Walk Penallta Hengoed CF82 6BE
Received 23 Aug 20219 Lon Pennant Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1EL
Received 27 Aug 2021Thermo Fisher Scientific Unit 6 Parkway Building Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3EF
Received 27 Aug 2021Land At Grid Ref 317533 193532 (adjacent To No. 25) The Glade Wyllie Blackwood
Received 27 Aug 2021Cerrig Llwyd Collins' Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QL
Received 27 Aug 2021Cerrig Llwyd Collins' Row Bute Town Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5QL
Received 31 Aug 202141 Elim Way Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2AB
Received 31 Aug 2021Gelli Gynnes Farm Oakdale Golf Course Lane Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NF
Received 1 Sept 2021Pencoedcae Farm Pencoedcae Farm Lane Princetown Tredegar NP22 3AF
Received 1 Sept 20214 Henfron Caerphilly CF83 2NU
Received 1 Sept 2021Beeches Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HT
Received 2 Sept 202130 Cefn Fforest Avenue Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3NN
Received 2 Sept 2021Land At Gelli Farm Tredegar Road Cwmgelli Blackwood NP12 1BZ
Received 2 Sept 2021Land At 3 Upper Cross Street Tirphil New Tredegar NP24 6EX
Received 2 Sept 2021Land At Pencoed Fawr Farm Pencoed Fawr Farm Lane Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 27 Aug 2021Penyfan Leisure Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HY
Received 31 Aug 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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