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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.
11,868 approved · 2,287 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 2002 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Mountain Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6NY
Received 13 Oct 202519 Old Parish Road Hengoed CF82 7HU
Received 10 Oct 202552 Bryn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PQ
Received 14 Oct 2025Land At Pen-yr-heol Farm Commin Road Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0QY
Received 15 Oct 2025Plots 4 & 5 Celynen Close Ashfield Road Newbridge
Received 15 Oct 202536 Y Cedrwydden Blackwood NP12 1FD
Received 16 Oct 2025Jasmine House Colliery Road Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3QQ
Received 17 Oct 20259 Heol-y-felin Caerphilly CF83 1AU
Received 17 Oct 2025Autohouse - Unit A1 Riverside Court Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JG
Received 15 Oct 2025Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FY
Received 20 Oct 2025The Old Surgery Bryn Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3NA
Received 20 Oct 2025The Warren Wernddu Road Wern Ddu Caerphilly CF83 3DA
Received 20 Oct 2025Land South Of Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9EE
Received 20 Oct 2025Land Off Tir Y Wen Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed
Received 21 Oct 20254 Julian Heights Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3TT
Received 20 Oct 2025Allied Pharmacy 12 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AD
Received 21 Oct 2025Glyngaer Farm Glyngaer Road Glyn-gaer Gelligaer Hengoed CF82 8FJ
Received 20 Oct 20255 Cwm-y-nant Ochrwyth Newport NP11 6EP
Received 21 Oct 2025Footbridge At Grid Ref 322082 192293 High Street Crosskeys
Received 22 Oct 2025Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 22 Oct 2025118 Commercial Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9FH
Received 22 Oct 202532 Trinity Close Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7DT
Received 22 Oct 202516 St Deinols Close Pengam Blackwood NP12 3TZ
Received 23 Oct 2025St Davids Church Station Terrace Brithdir
Received 24 Oct 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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