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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.
7,186 approved · 1,591 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Riverside Terrace Machen
Received 9 Mar 2022Chapel Of Ease Chapel Street Abercarn
Received 9 Mar 2022Hillside Cottage Lon Cwm-Corrwg Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HR
Received 10 Mar 20227 Magnolia Drive Blackwood NP12 1WU
Received 10 Mar 202244 Ridgeway Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RD
Received 8 Mar 2022Land At (Former Garages) Grid Ref 317584 188996 Llanfabon Drive South Lane Trethomas
Received 9 Mar 2022Church House Inn Church Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AY
Received 10 Mar 2022Land At (Plot 34 & Adjacent Land) Gelynos Avenue Argoed Blackwood
Received 10 Mar 2022Land At Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate Cwmfelinfach Newport
Received 10 Mar 20221 Gwaun-Fro Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BN
Received 10 Mar 2022TOG Farm The Old Granary Pentwyngwyn Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DG
Received 11 Mar 20228 Grange Hill Blackwood NP12 3PE
Received 25 Mar 2022Land Within Curtilage Of 64 Crown Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GD
Received 10 Mar 2022Tredegar Junction Hotel Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JY
Received 11 Mar 2022Moorlands 74 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EN
Received 11 Mar 202220 Griffin Drive Penallta Hengoed CF82 6AH
Received 14 Mar 202218 Tai'r Heol Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DL
Received 9 Mar 202210 Denleigh Close Bargoed CF81 8NP
Received 14 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 314966 189017 Central Street Pwllypant Caerphilly
Received 14 Mar 2022Tirnant Brooklands Nelson Treharris CF46 6DR
Received 14 Mar 2022Castle Inn Castle Street Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UH
Received 14 Mar 2022Lanes Recovery Ltd The Sidings Building St Cenydd Road East Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RP
Received 15 Mar 2022Land At School House Tabor Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PU
Received 15 Mar 202254 - 55 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QW
Received 16 Mar 2022Records 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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