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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.
11,724 approved · 2,260 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Millbrook Residential Home Gelligroes Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JU
Received 29 Aug 2025Castle Court Silver Street Pontywaun Newport NP11 7DY
Received 2 Sept 202526 Brynheulog Street Penybryn Hengoed CF82 7GD
Received 1 Sept 2025Land South Of Abingdon Flooring Ltd Unit 1 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3XG
Received 2 Sept 202526 Albany Road Blackwood NP12 1DZ
Received 29 Aug 202516 Cae'r Nant Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NZ
Received 2 Sept 2025Brynteg Bungalow Penrhiwdarren Farm Lane Mynyddislwyn Blackwood NP12 2BE
Received 3 Sept 2025Llanfabon Infant School Bryncelyn Nelson Treharris CF46 6HL
Received 4 Sept 2025Unit 1 Blackwood Business Park Newport Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2XN
Received 4 Sept 202559 John Street Bargoed CF81 8PH
Received 4 Sept 2025Land At Pen-yr-heol Farm Commin Road Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0QY
Received 4 Sept 202515-17 Bedwlwyn Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7WS
Received 4 Sept 2025Land South West Of Ty Isaf Farm Abertridwr Road Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2AP
Received 4 Sept 2025Land At Grid Ref 310612 209029 Pontlottyn Link Road Bute Town Rhymney
Received 5 Sept 2025Land At Grid Ref 318082 197935 Central Avenue To Groveside Road Oakdale
Received 5 Sept 2025The Hawthorns New Row Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NS
Received 8 Sept 2025Hillcrest Mount Street Pontlottyn Bargoed CF81 9QA
Received 8 Sept 2025White O'Morn Navigation Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8DJ
Received 8 Sept 202514 Dol-y-pandy Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HP
Received 8 Sept 202510 Nelson Terrace Brithdir New Tredegar NP24 6HT
Received 4 Sept 20254 Wernddu Row Wern Ddu Caerphilly CF83 3DB
Received 8 Sept 2025Land At Grid Ref 312614 202032 Bailey Street Deri
Received 9 Sept 2025Deri Surgery 5 Riverside Walk Deri Bargoed CF81 9GE
Received 10 Sept 2025Land At St Mary Street Risca Newport NP11 6GQ
Received 10 Sept 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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