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.
7,263 approved · 1,599 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Oct 2013 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Cardiff Road Glan-y-nant Blackwood NP12 3XE
Received 16 May 2022Land At South Wales Motors St Cenydd Road East Trecenydd Caerphilly
Received 20 May 202224 Bluebell View Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3GU
Received 20 May 2022Newbridge Station Newbridge Station Access Newbridge
Received 17 May 2022Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 20 May 202274 Heol Barri Energlyn Caerphilly CF83 2LX
Received 23 May 20221 St Teilo's Way Watford Caerphilly CF83 1FA
Received 23 May 2022Fernbank The Laurels Rock Villas Argoed Blackwood NP12 0AB
Received 17 May 2022Penrhiw Fach House Rhiw Syr Dafydd Oakdale Blackwood NP12 0JJ
Received 20 May 20228 Marshfield Court Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JP
Received 23 May 20221 Tyn-Y-Coed Tredomen Hengoed CF82 7DD
Received 19 May 2022Advertising Hoarding Land At Grid Ref 315566 199967 Commercial Street Aberbargoed
Received 24 May 20226 Kidwelly Close Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 1GJ
Received 25 May 202246 The Avenue Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 8AF
Received 25 May 202231 Ffos Y Cerridden Nelson Treharris CF46 6HQ
Received 23 May 202244 Manor Park Newbridge Newport NP11 4RT
Received 25 May 202226 Gwyddon Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5GY
Received 26 May 2022Riverside Garage Penmaen Road Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2DL
Received 26 May 2022130 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3HF
Received 26 May 2022Stables Gelli-Unig Road East Ul Pontywaun
Received 26 May 202222 Pembroke Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2TN
Received 26 May 202236 Garden Suburbs Pontywaun Newport NP11 7GB
Received 23 May 2022Pengraig Pennar Farmhouse Cefn Pennar Lane Pant-yr-resk Mynyddislwyn Newport NP11 5AG
Received 27 May 2022Unit 27 Castle Court Caerphilly CF83 1NU
Received 27 May 2022Records 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