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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.
7,274 approved · 1,600 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 High Street Abertridwr Caerphilly CF83 4DD
Received 7 Jun 202210 Castle Fields Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NJ
Received 30 May 202250 Crown Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GD
Received 31 May 2022Land At Grid Ref 311540 190782 Kingsley Place East Ul Senghenydd
Received 7 Jun 202279 Waun Draw Caerphilly CF83 3SL
Received 1 Jun 20221 Milton Terrace Nelson Terrace Brithdir New Tredegar NP24 6HU
Received 1 Jun 2022Stanford Williams Ltd Unit C 271-273 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AW
Received 7 Jun 2022Craig Bach Penrhiw Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8PX
Received 8 Jun 20222 Pine Tree Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6PA
Received 6 Jun 202264 Apollo Way Blackwood NP12 1WB
Received 6 Jun 2022Woodfield Park Funeral Home Woodfield Park Lane Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EU
Received 8 Jun 202237 Blaen Ifor Caerphilly CF83 2NW
Received 8 Jun 2022Lisvane Riding Centre Forest View Rudry Road Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0SN
Received 8 Jun 2022Abertysswg Pensioner's Hall 13 The Green Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5AH
Received 6 Jun 2022School Bungalow St Mary's Street Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8EE
Received 9 Jun 2022The Gatehouse Gwern-y-domen Farm Lane Caerphilly CF83 3RN
Received 9 Jun 2022The Gatehouse Gwern-y-domen Farm Lane Caerphilly CF83 3RN
Received 9 Jun 20228 Twyn Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UL
Received 8 Jun 202214 Dulas Island Close Caerphilly CF83 2AQ
Received 10 Jun 2022Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 10 Jun 202228 Cobden Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PF
Received 13 Jun 202229 Priorsgate Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EL
Received 10 Jun 2022TWT Logistics 10 Alder Avenue Dyffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach
Received 13 Jun 2022Anglefield St Martin's Crescent Caerphilly CF83 1ER
Received 14 Jun 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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