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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.
10,302 approved · 1,999 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2009 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Sunnybank Road Blackwood NP12 1HY
Received 16 May 202545 Cefn Mably Park Michaelston-y-fedw Cardiff CF3 6AA
Received 16 May 2025ALDI Mafon Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PE
Received 19 May 202586 Coed Celynen Drive Abercarn Newport NP11 5AT
Received 19 May 2025Norgine Ltd 7 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8SJ
Received 16 May 202557 Park Place Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BN
Received 19 May 2025Windrush 20 Newport Road Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8AA
Received 19 May 2025Pierhead Buildings Jones Arcade Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AX
Received 19 May 2025Carpetright Unit 8 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Received 20 May 2025Pentre House Pentre Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2BG
Received 20 May 2025Unit 1A Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood
Received 22 May 2025Land At Grid Ref 317293 197039 Bus Station Road Blackwood
Received 23 May 202548 Lansbury Avenue Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HD
Received 23 May 2025Garage Site Land Adj To 40 The Crescent Bedwas
Received 23 May 202542 Waungoch Road Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LL
Received 22 May 2025Land At Grid Ref 316303 186554 Caerphilly Business Park Caerphilly
Received 23 May 2025Hen Ysgol Duffryn Terrace Elliot's Town New Tredegar NP24 6DG
Received 26 May 202514 Clos Llyswen Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TQ
Received 26 May 2025Penbeili Farm Tydu Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PH
Received 27 May 2025The Rockery 22 Mountain Road Caerphilly CF83 1HJ
Received 27 May 202557 Cherry Tree Close Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HB
Received 23 May 202523 Vancouver Drive Penmaen Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0UQ
Received 27 May 2025Machen Recreation Welfare Association Club House Recreation Ground Tyn-y-waun Road Machen
Received 27 May 2025Croeso 2 Old School Lane Trinant Newport NP11 3LQ
Received 27 May 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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