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.
5,630 approved · 1,394 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
32 Bronwydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0GX
Received 8 Mar 20174 St Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2TB
Received 8 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To 135 Jubilee Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar
Received 8 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To 135 Jubilee Road Elliot's Town New Tredegar
Received 8 Mar 2017Land At Navigation Industrial Estate Crumlin
Received 8 Mar 201714 Coed-Yr-Eos Caerphilly CF83 2RS
Received 9 Mar 201730 Pine Tree Way Nelson Treharris CF46 6PA
Received 9 Mar 2017Land At Grid Ref 321173 189114 Rear Of 46 Commercial Road Machen Caerphilly
Received 9 Mar 201771 Derwendeg Avenue Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7HR
Received 9 Mar 201763 Cwrt Nant-Y-Felin Caerphilly CF83 1TP
Received 9 Mar 201743 Heol-Y-Parc Bryncenydd Caerphilly CF83 1AY
Received 8 Mar 201711 - 13 High Street Nelson Treharris CF46 6EU
Received 8 Mar 2017Rosecombe Woodland Drive Newbridge Newport NP11 5FQ
Received 8 Mar 201777 Tanybryn Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6JQ
Received 10 Mar 2017IG Doors Unit 1 Lon Gellideg Oakdale Business Park Oakdale Blackwood NP12 4AE
Received 10 Mar 2017Danycoed 5 Underwood Avenue Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7PT
Received 10 Mar 2017Unit D De Clare House 4 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU
Received 10 Mar 20177 Lon Hafren Watford Caerphilly CF83 1NR
Received 10 Mar 201768 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BA
Received 10 Mar 2017Pen Yr Heol Las Farm Heol Las Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2TT
Received 10 Mar 201716 Cae Glas Newydd Fochriw Bargoed CF81 9NH
Received 13 Mar 2017Rosemount New Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BP
Received 13 Mar 20175 Ridgeway Graig-y-rhacca Caerphilly CF83 8RB
Received 13 Mar 201737 Lon Yr Ysgol Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8PE
Received 13 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.
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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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