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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.
9,639 approved · 1,907 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Aug 2010 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110 Brynau Road Caerphilly CF83 1PG
Received 27 Sept 2024Cross Keys Rugby Football Club Pandy Park Pandy Park Access Road Crosskeys Newport NP11 7BS
Received 27 Sept 202449 Golwg Y Bont Blackwood NP12 3FT
Received 30 Sept 2024Pencoed Fach Farm Heol Y Cefn Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 1 Oct 2024Amenity Area Lewis Lewis Avenue Blackwood
Received 27 Sept 2024The New Forge Brynhoward Terrace Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LG
Received 2 Oct 2024Land Within Curtilage Of Ty Gwyn Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NX
Received 3 Oct 2024Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Derwen Beech Grove Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JL
Received 4 Oct 2024SPAR Unit 2 - 4 Llanfabon Drive Shops Llanfabon Drive Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8GZ
Received 4 Oct 20248 Chatham Street Machen Caerphilly CF83 8SH
Received 7 Oct 20243 Clos Maes Mawr Caerphilly CF83 2UY
Received 7 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To 4 Heolddu Road Gelligroes Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2GZ
Received 7 Oct 202410 Castell Morgraig Caerphilly CF83 3JH
Received 7 Oct 20249 Lon-y-garwa Watford Caerphilly CF83 1NL
Received 8 Oct 202424 Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BW
Received 8 Oct 2024Cae'r Bedw William Street Gilfach
Received 8 Oct 202423 Hengoed Road Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8BR
Received 9 Oct 202426 Brook Rise Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0ES
Received 9 Oct 2024Land Off Tir Y Wen Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed
Received 9 Oct 2024Land Off Tir Y Wen North Of Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed
Received 9 Oct 2024Pro Shoot Firearms And Shooting Club Limited Unit 1 3 Greenway Bedwas House Industrial Estate Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8XQ
Received 9 Oct 20245 The Alders Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LQ
Received 9 Oct 2024Land Off Tir Y Wen North Of Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed
Received 10 Oct 2024Trecenydd Business Park Vacant Land St Cenydd Road Caerphilly CF83 2RZ
Received 10 Oct 2024Records 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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