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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.
10,019 approved · 1,957 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Hawtin Park Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EU
Received 13 Jan 2025Land At Grid Ref 321173 189114 Commercial Road Machen
Received 9 Jan 2025Coleg Y Cymoedd - Ystrad Mynach Campus Twyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7XR
Received 15 Jan 2025Domov 1 White Hart Drive Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NH
Received 16 Jan 2025Fastmail 21 Church Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5HL
Received 16 Jan 202547 Cherry Tree Close Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HB
Received 16 Jan 2025Rowan Tree Cottage Countryman Court Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BJ
Received 17 Jan 202540 St Teilo's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1FA
Received 17 Jan 2025The Barn Pantglas Farm Cefn-onn Farm Lane Rudry
Received 17 Jan 202512 Pembroke Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1JL
Received 20 Jan 20252 The Meadows Cromwell Road Risca Newport NP11 7AR
Received 20 Jan 2025Sapphire House Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham Blackwood NP12 0RX
Received 21 Jan 2025Aberbeeg Hospital Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 21 Jan 202523 Wingfield Crescent Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3NU
Received 22 Jan 20254 Bronwydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GX
Received 22 Jan 2025Land To The Rear Of Van Industrial Park Van Road Caerphilly
Received 22 Jan 202518 Pen-y-cwarel Road Wyllie Blackwood NP12 2HP
Received 22 Jan 2025Crug Y Bar 11 Underwood Avenue Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PT
Received 22 Jan 202516 St Andrews Drive Blackwood NP12 2ET
Received 23 Jan 2025Profess LPG LTD Central Street Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7EN
Received 23 Jan 2025Tab Life Centre Tram Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JF
Received 22 Jan 202548 Jubilee Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6NY
Received 22 Jan 2025119 Markham Crescent Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LZ
Received 23 Jan 2025McLaren House 14 Mclaren Cottages Abertysswg Tredegar NP22 5BH
Received 24 Jan 2025Records 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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