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.
6,760 approved · 1,531 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Oct 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nant Cottage Summerfield Hall Lane Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7RG
Received 17 Nov 202010 Bryn Lane Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2PG
Received 17 Nov 2020Land Within Curtilage Of 17 Llewellyn Street Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JL
Received 16 Nov 20206 Lewis Crescent Gilfach Bargoed CF81 8JU
Received 17 Nov 202019 Park Lane Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0NS
Received 18 Nov 2020St Johns Church Park Street Cwmcarn Newport NP11 7EL
Received 18 Nov 2020Land At Grid Ref 315722 187910 Virginia Park Caerphilly
Received 19 Nov 2020Y Fron Mountain View Pwllypant Caerphilly CF83 3HW
Received 20 Nov 2020Land At Grid Ref 320841 197681 Elidyr Road Treowen
Received 23 Nov 202018 New Road Deri Bargoed CF81 9GJ
Received 23 Nov 202027 Cedar Road Trinant Newport NP11 3JW
Received 9 Dec 202042 Maindee Road Cwmfelinfach Newport NP11 7HR
Received 23 Nov 20202 Victoria Court Victoria Road Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5NU
Received 18 Nov 2020Garth View Lower Glyn-Gwyn Street Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8GA
Received 23 Nov 2020Land At Grid Ref 317533 193532 The Glade Wyllie
Received 23 Nov 2020Land West Of Coronation Terrace Senghenydd Caerphilly
Received 23 Nov 2020Unit 10 Willow Road Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 4EG
Received 23 Nov 202028 - 29 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RB
Received 24 Nov 2020Dust And Things Unit 20 - 23 Block H - Withey Court Western Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 1BF
Received 25 Nov 202089 Treowen Road Treowen Newport NP11 3DP
Received 25 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To Nantwen House Bedwellty Road Aberbargoed Bargoed CF81 9DN
Received 24 Nov 2020Gwerna Hall Farm Pandy Lane Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7TZ
Received 23 Nov 202021 Denbigh Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2UN
Received 25 Nov 2020Ty Newydd House Heol Tynewydd Bedwellty Blackwood NP12 0AH
Received 26 Nov 2020Records 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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