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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.
8,733 approved · 1,764 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grid Ref 315961 184941 Junction Of Cefn Carnau Lane/Thornhill Road Caerphilly CF83 1LY
Received 7 Nov 202315 Ynys Y Coed Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0EG
Received 7 Nov 20233 Montclaire Avenue Blackwood NP12 1EE
Received 8 Nov 2023Aberbeeg Hospital Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 8 Nov 2023Aberbeeg Hospital Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 8 Nov 202368 Heol-y-bryn Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9LP
Received 8 Nov 20231 - 17, 19-26 George Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7ES
Received 9 Nov 2023113 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AD
Received 10 Nov 2023Woodpecker Flooring 29 Pantglas Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 3DR
Received 10 Nov 2023Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 10 Nov 2023Land Adjacent To Capel Hotel Park Place Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8LW
Received 10 Nov 2023Rogers Estate Coffees Ltd Unit P - Q Trecenydd Business Park Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 10 Nov 2023Land At Grid Ref 315755 195748 Summerfield Hall Lane Adj To Y Glyn Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood
Received 13 Nov 202351 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NB
Received 13 Nov 2023Penyrheolfawr Bungalow Heol Fawr Nelson Treharris CF46 6PL
Received 13 Nov 202319 Coed Duon View Pentwyn-mawr Newport NP11 4EN
Received 13 Nov 202322 Wingfield Crescent Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3NU
Received 14 Nov 2023Land South West Of Convatec Ltd Unit 1 - 2 Heads Of The Valleys Industrial Estate Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5RL
Received 9 Nov 202310 Davies Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3NB
Received 15 Nov 2023White Gates Mountain Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8ES
Received 15 Nov 2023Ruperra Castle Estate Rudry Road To Craig Llan Rudry
Received 16 Nov 202369 - 71 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FP
Received 16 Nov 2023Communal Area Adjacent To Flats 115 -123 Cefn Ilan Road Abertridwr
Received 17 Nov 2023Fferm Gwyndu Groeswen Road Groeswen Cardiff CF15 7UT
Received 16 Nov 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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