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.
6,065 approved · 1,446 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Mar 2015 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Bloomfield Road Blackwood NP12 1LY
Received 28 Feb 201819 Commin Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9BL
Received 28 Feb 2018Land At Grid Ref 314374 194851 Penallta Road Ystrad Mynach
Received 28 Feb 2018Aldi Stores Ltd New Road Tir-y-berth Hengoed CF82 8AU
Received 28 Feb 201810 Llys Cyncoed Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NQ
Received 27 Feb 20181 Dan-Y-Deri Bedwas Caerphilly CF83 8HR
Received 12 Mar 201823 Carlyon Road Pantside Newport NP11 5DH
Received 12 Mar 2018Tree Tops Upper Tribute Avenue Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7ER
Received 14 Mar 2018Plot 3 Land At Grid Ref 311590 195097 Heol Fawr Nelson
Received 14 Mar 2018Nationwide Building Society 36 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1UQ
Received 15 Mar 2018Nationwide Building Society 36 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1UQ
Received 15 Mar 201873 Cardiff Road Caerphilly CF83 1FP
Received 15 Mar 2018Cwm Cylla Scaffold Stores Heol-Y-Felin Cefn Hengoed
Received 16 Mar 201810 Cae Canol Hengoed CF82 7RU
Received 20 Mar 201825 Clos Carolyn Blackwood NP12 3QT
Received 23 Mar 2018Brooklands Summerfield Hall Lane Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RG
Received 27 Mar 201810 Bryngwyn Watford Caerphilly CF83 1ET
Received 27 Mar 2018Bake Station 3 Station Terrace Caerphilly CF83 1HD
Received 26 Mar 2018Unit 6 Tir-y-berth Industrial Estate New Road Tir-y-berth
Received 28 Mar 2018Cefn Carnau Uchaf Farm Cefn Carnau Lane Thornhill Caerphilly
Received 28 Mar 2018Robert Price (Builders Merchants) Ltd 145 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3TD
Received 3 Apr 2018Tyle Crwth Mountain Road Maesycwmmer To Machen Ynysddu
Received 3 Apr 2018Gwaun-y-bara House Pentwyngwyn Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DG
Received 3 Apr 2018Gwaun-y-bara House Pentwyngwyn Road Rudry Caerphilly CF83 3DG
Received 3 Apr 2018Records 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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