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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.
8,644 approved · 1,755 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 2011 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 12 Oct 2023Plots 3,4,5 Park View Caerphilly CF83 3TR
Received 12 Oct 2023Virginia Park Golf Course Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 12 Oct 2023The Firs Bryngoleu Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3ND
Received 13 Oct 202380 West Street Bargoed CF81 8SB
Received 13 Oct 2023Fernbank The Laurels Rock Villas Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AB
Received 16 Oct 2023Virginia Park Garage Melville Terrace Caerphilly CF83 3HE
Received 11 Oct 2023Austin Grange Maes Glas South Ul Caerphilly CF83 1LN
Received 16 Oct 202361 Edgehill Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2NY
Received 16 Oct 2023Millbrook Residential Home Gelligroes Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JU
Received 16 Oct 2023Land At Grid Ref 320424 197061 Homeleigh Newbridge
Received 17 Oct 2023Land Within The Curtilage Of Oaklands Ty Fry Lane Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2RH
Received 17 Oct 2023Land At Grid Ref 317645 200219 New Road Argoed
Received 17 Oct 20237 Station Terrace Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4HF
Received 17 Oct 2023Evans Pharmacy Abercarn 1 - 2 Victoria Buildings High Street Abercarn Newport NP11 5GT
Received 17 Oct 2023Unit 30 Castle Court Caerphilly CF83 1NU
Received 17 Oct 2023145 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6EE
Received 16 Oct 2023The New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LG
Received 18 Oct 2023Nationwide Building Society 36 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1UQ
Received 19 Oct 2023Snowdonia Candles Unit 3H 37 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3TH
Received 20 Oct 2023Ysgubor Fach Farmhouse Ysgubor Fach Ty Canol Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QE
Received 19 Oct 202325 Heol-y-felin Caerphilly CF83 1AU
Received 20 Oct 2023Coal Hole Inn New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 20 Oct 2023Manchester House 1 Clifton Street Caerphilly
Received 20 Oct 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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