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.
5,626 approved · 1,394 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Y Cilgant Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2NB
Received 1 Mar 2017St Govans Tabor Road Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PU
Received 1 Mar 201719 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1WF
Received 1 Mar 2017Bryngolwg Watford Road Watford Caerphilly CF83 1NE
Received 1 Mar 201728 Woodside Walk Wattsville Newport NP11 7NZ
Received 1 Mar 2017Sunnybank 7 Cwm-nant-yr-odyn Springfield Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DU
Received 2 Mar 2017Land At Former Victoria House Ashfield Road Newbridge Newport NP11 4RA
Received 2 Mar 2017Land At Former Victoria House Ashfield Road Newbridge
Received 2 Mar 2017Land At Tyle Crwth South West Of Ynysddu Newport NP11 7JX
Received 2 Mar 201710 Tirfilkins Close Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2LY
Received 2 Mar 201716 Brynview Avenue Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7DB
Received 3 Mar 20172A 2 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7AP
Received 2 Mar 2017Rhymney Comprehensive School Site And Adjacent Land Abertysswg Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5XF
Received 4 Mar 2017Land At Former Victoria House Ashfield Road Newbridge
Received 3 Mar 201727 Bryn Siriol Penpedairheol Hengoed CF82 7TA
Received 3 Mar 201776 Heol Ysgubor Caerphilly CF83 1SR
Received 3 Mar 201766 Pwll Yr Allt Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8FR
Received 6 Mar 201710 Ynys Bery Close Caerphilly CF83 2AZ
Received 7 Mar 201772 Cae'r Fferm Caerphilly CF83 2QD
Received 7 Mar 201749 Gladstone Street Crosskeys Newport NP11 7PL
Received 7 Mar 20175 Royal Crescent Treowen Newport NP11 3DZ
Received 7 Mar 201722 Shingrig Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6EA
Received 7 Mar 2017Heathfield Bryn Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 7 Mar 2017Yn Yr Ardd 1A Clos Cae Pwll Nelson Treharris CF46 6LA
Received 7 Mar 2017Records 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