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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.
11,947 approved · 2,308 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Tudors Pet Crematorium Penpedairheol Farm Triscoed Farm Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2RW
Received 12 Nov 2025161 Gelligaer Road Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HH
Received 12 Nov 2025The Plough Inn Commercial Street Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JJ
Received 12 Nov 2025Land At Grid Ref 316564 201006 (Land South Of Plot 18) Heol-Y-Bedw-Hirion Markham
Received 12 Nov 2025Caerphilly Indoor Market 5 Pentrebane Street Caerphilly CF83 1FR
Received 13 Nov 2025St Tudors Pet Crematorium Penpedairheol Farm Triscoed Farm Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2RW
Received 14 Nov 2025Bryncanol Ty Canol Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8QE
Received 14 Nov 2025Pencoed Fawr Farm Pencoed Fawr Farm Lane Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0BQ
Received 17 Nov 20254 Acacia Avenue Hengoed CF82 7JR
Received 17 Nov 20253 Heolddu Road Bargoed CF81 8RQ
Received 17 Nov 2025Laffan Dental Surgery Unit B 205 - 207 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 17 Nov 20259 The Alders Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LQ
Received 17 Nov 2025Silver Band Club 64 - 65 Fothergills Road Phillipstown New Tredegar NP24 6AN
Received 17 Nov 202516 Telor-y-coed Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PW
Received 14 Nov 202517 Tai'r Heol Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 8DL
Received 19 Nov 2025Two Pentref-y-groes Farm Pentref-y-groes Farm Lane East Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BT
Received 19 Nov 202510 Chapel Street Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BZ
Received 18 Nov 2025Claremont Bungalow Heol Evan Wynne Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9PQ
Received 25 Nov 20258 Cwrt Y Coed Blackwood NP12 1GL
Received 21 Nov 2025Ffos Caerffili Park Lane Caerphilly
Received 21 Nov 20252 Heol Morien Nelson Treharris CF46 6JA
Received 24 Nov 202516 Brigham Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UL
Received 24 Nov 202540 Cae'r Delyn Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NW
Received 25 Nov 2025The Pines Jerusalem Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5JB
Received 25 Nov 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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