Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,505 approved · 1,380 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jun 2015 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
6 St Fagans Street Caerphilly CF83 1FZ
Received 2 Nov 2016Land At Watford Road Watford Caerphilly
Received 2 Nov 2016One Pentref-y-groes Farm Pentref-Y-Groes Farm Lane East Croespenmaen Newport NP11 3BT
Received 2 Nov 2016Cwmcarn Forest Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn Newport
Received 3 Nov 2016Oakdale Hotel Central Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LW
Received 3 Nov 2016Oakdale Hotel Central Avenue Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0LW
Received 3 Nov 201614 Birch Crescent Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7LJ
Received 3 Nov 2016Hillside The Graig Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7FA
Received 28 Oct 2016Manchester House 1 Clifton Street Caerphilly CF83 1HA
Received 4 Nov 201613 Lon Isaf Caerphilly CF83 1BT
Received 4 Nov 2016Land Adjacent To 135 Jubilee Road Jubilee Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar
Received 4 Nov 201638 St Anne's Gardens Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QR
Received 7 Nov 2016Rhymney Comprehensive School Abertysswg Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5XF
Received 7 Nov 201643 Hillside Cottages Newport Road Hollybush Blackwood NP12 0SS
Received 7 Nov 20166 Sir Alfred Owen Way - Unit A Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 8 Nov 2016Ffynonau Duon Farm Glen View Terrace To Parc Cwm Darran Pentwyn Bargoed CF81 9NP
Received 7 Nov 20164 St Peters Drive Blackwood NP12 2ER
Received 8 Nov 2016Ty Cwtch 19 Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UG
Received 8 Nov 2016Communication Site At Grid Ref 309521 205562 Cwmbargoed Disposal Point Fochriw Road Cwmbargoed
Received 8 Nov 2016Llanfabon Inn Cilfynydd Road To Pant-Du Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PG
Received 9 Nov 2016Wind Turbine At Grid Ref 319564 199912 Unit 1 Parkway Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan
Received 9 Nov 2016Land Adjoining GLJ Recycling Ltd Chapel Bridge Yard Chapel Farm Industrial Estate Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7NL
Received 9 Nov 2016Papa Johns Unit B 201 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA
Received 10 Nov 2016Shangri La Bryn Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2EY
Received 10 Nov 2016Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage