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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.
7,495 approved · 1,624 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Marsh Court Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BF
Received 11 Jan 2023The Mount The Uplands Newbridge Newport NP11 3RH
Received 12 Jan 2023Land At The Solar Strand Hotel High Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7BY
Received 11 Jan 2023St. John Ambulance Hall 37A John Street Bargoed CF81 8PH
Received 13 Jan 2023Hafodrisclawdd-fach Hafodrisclawdd Fawr Lane Manmoel Blackwood NP12 0HZ
Received 12 Jan 2023Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 13 Jan 20231 Thomas Street Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PN
Received 13 Jan 2023Capels Van Centre Capel Court Pengam Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SR
Received 12 Jan 2023Celtic Energy Ltd 9 Beddau Way Caerphilly CF83 2AX
Received 13 Jan 2023Penuel Congregational Chapel High Street Nelson Treharris
Received 16 Jan 2023Rhiw Syr Dafydd Primary School Maes-Y-Garn Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NA
Received 16 Jan 202321 Tansy Close Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8LF
Received 16 Jan 2023Upper Rhymney Primary School Oakland Terrace Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5EP
Received 16 Jan 2023Ty Pentre Farm Pentre Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2BG
Received 16 Jan 2023Austin Grange Maes Glas South UL Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 17 Jan 202346 Highfield Crescent Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2ED
Received 17 Jan 2023Blackwood Service Station 275 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AW
Received 17 Jan 2023Llwyn Cae Bungalow Gypsy Lane Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UP
Received 17 Jan 2023The Laurels Glanhowy Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HN
Received 18 Jan 202330 Bartlett Street Caerphilly CF83 1JS
Received 17 Jan 20238 Lime Grove Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PX
Received 18 Jan 2023Cartrefle 59 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HD
Received 18 Jan 20237 Central Street Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 2NJ
Received 19 Jan 2023Land At Sirhowy Crescent Pontllanfraith
Received 19 Jan 2023Records 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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