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.
6,961 approved · 1,560 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
Land At Former Central Hall Site Wood Street Bargoed
Received 7 Jun 2021Ty'r Sais Stables Ty'r Sais Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0JA
Received 7 Jun 202115 Hall's Road Terrace Crosskeys Newport NP11 7FQ
Received 7 Jun 2021Gellihaf House New Road Gelli-haf Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2QE
Received 7 Jun 2021AD Turner & Sons Ltd 47 Tredegar Street Risca Newport NP11 6BW
Received 7 Jun 202172 St Anne's Gardens Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QR
Received 8 Jun 2021Land At Grid Ref 314350 187632 The Crescent Trecenydd Caerphilly
Received 28 May 2021Westering Llwyncelyn Terrace Nelson Treharris CF46 6HF
Received 8 Jun 2021Capels Van Centre Capel Court Pengam Road Pengam Blackwood NP12 3SR
Received 9 Jun 2021Land Adjoining Rock Cottage St David's Avenue Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PD
Received 9 Jun 2021Former Welsh Oak Inn 167 Risca Road Rogerstone Risca Newport NP10 9GE
Received 9 Jun 2021Coed-y-cefn House Rhyd Y Gwern Lane Machen Caerphilly CF83 8NX
Received 3 Jun 2021Pendarren Court Pendarren Road Aberbeeg NP13 2DA
Received 9 Jun 20216 Bronrhiw Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HF
Received 9 Jun 2021Smugglers Livery And Equestrian Centre Smugglers Run Pen-Deri Farm Lane Argoed Blackwood NP12 0HU
Received 9 Jun 2021Land At 7 Pantglas Industrial Estate Bedwas
Received 9 Jun 2021Annexe Smugglers Run Pen-Deri Farm Lane Argoed
Received 9 Jun 202143 Brynglas Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2PJ
Received 10 Jun 202120 Ffos Y Cerridden Nelson Treharris CF46 6HQ
Received 10 Jun 20212 Laburnum Houses St David's Avenue Woodfieldside Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 0PQ
Received 10 Jun 20216 Fflorens Road Treowen Newport NP11 3ED
Received 11 Jun 2021The Patriot Main Street Crumlin Newport NP11 4PT
Received 14 Jun 202130 St Anne's Gardens Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QR
Received 14 Jun 2021Land Rear Of 109 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EH
Received 7 Jun 2021Records 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