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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.
7,197 approved · 1,592 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Beech Grove Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NB
Received 28 Mar 202219 Addison Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1ES
Received 28 Mar 2022Londis 2-6 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DL
Received 28 Mar 2022South Wales Fire Service Rhymney Fire Station Havard's Row Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5PA
Received 28 Mar 2022St Davids Lodge Halls Crossing Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PF
Received 28 Mar 202217 St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SY
Received 29 Mar 2022Morrisons Supermarket Bargoed Gateway Bargoed CF81 8RE
Received 29 Mar 2022Morrisons Supermarket Bargoed Gateway Bargoed CF81 8RE
Received 29 Mar 20221 Garreg-Wen Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8HG
Received 29 Mar 2022Land At Grid Ref 316336 202974 Banalog Terrace Hollybush
Received 28 Mar 20222 Ceiriog Drive Caerphilly CF83 3FW
Received 28 Mar 202244 St Annes Gardens Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4BS
Received 28 Mar 202211 School Close Nelson Treharris CF46 6HZ
Received 30 Mar 202216 Yew Grove Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0DD
Received 31 Mar 202295 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 28 Mar 2022Honan 97 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 28 Mar 2022Penyfan Leisure Park Manmoel Road Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HY
Received 29 Mar 2022Wind Turbine Pen-yr-heol Farm Commin Road Hollybush
Received 31 Mar 202215 Fflorens Road Treowen Newport NP11 3ED
Received 31 Mar 2022Londis 2-6 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DL
Received 1 Apr 202245 Heathlands Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7NZ
Received 30 Mar 2022Nythfa 7 Railway View Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UR
Received 1 Apr 202244 Manor Park Newbridge Newport NP11 4RT
Received 1 Apr 20221 Sycamore Houses St Davids Lane Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PH
Received 1 Apr 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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