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.
9,013 approved · 1,805 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Apr 2011 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Stonehouse Bryn Road Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3LZ
Received 28 Mar 2024Land At Grid Ref 310441 193869 Craig-evan-leyshon Common Road Llanfabon
Received 28 Mar 2024Cilfynydd Grid Services Ltd Fairview Llanfabon Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PJ
Received 28 Mar 20242 Ridgedale Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7GW
Received 2 Apr 2024Gorseland Cliff Road Blackwood NP12 0NT
Received 2 Apr 2024Berllan Ddu Land Adjacent To Berllanlwyd House Pandy Lane Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3DZ
Received 2 Apr 2024Ynysllyn 16 Pentwyn Road Trinant Newport NP11 3LN
Received 2 Apr 202423 Overdene Pontllanfraith Blackwood NP12 2JS
Received 2 Apr 202410A Gwern Avenue Senghenydd Caerphilly CF83 4HA
Received 2 Apr 2024Land At Former Pontllanfraith House Blackwood Road Pontllanfraith
Received 2 Apr 202417 Kidwelly Court Hendredenny Caerphilly CF83 2TY
Received 3 Apr 2024Kay Premium Marking Films Ltd Unit 2 Oakwood Close Pen-y-fan Industrial Estate Pen-y-fan Newport NP11 3HY
Received 3 Apr 202441 Victoria Road Fleur-de-lis Blackwood NP12 3UG
Received 26 Mar 2024The Co-operative Food Mafon Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PE
Received 3 Apr 2024Just Love Food Company Ltd Unit 6 Oakdale Court Bryn Brithdir Oakdale Business Park Oakdale Blackwood NP12 4AD
Received 4 Apr 2024Land At Grid Ref 316816 201383 Abernant Road Markham
Received 4 Apr 2024The Firs Bryngoleu Street Cefn Fforest Blackwood NP12 3ND
Received 4 Apr 202412 Waunfach Street Caerphilly CF83 3HL
Received 3 Apr 2024Land At Grid Ref 317269 196829 Coronation Road East Lane Blackwood
Received 5 Apr 2024Land At Grid Ref 311809 189556 Windsor Way Abertridwr
Received 4 Apr 2024Land At Grid Ref 321012 200113 Llanerch Lane Trinant
Received 5 Apr 2024Aberbeeg Hospital Pendarren Road Aberbeeg Abertillery NP13 2DA
Received 5 Apr 2024Land At Grid Ref 315122 195464 Bryn Awel Cefn Hengoed Hengoed CF82 7LA
Received 5 Apr 2024Land At Grid Ref 315231 195450 Bryn Teg Cefn Hengoed Hengoed
Received 5 Apr 2024Records 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