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.
10,062 approved · 1,966 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 2010 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Gelli-deg Street Maesycwmmer Hengoed CF82 7QJ
Received 24 Jan 20251 Redbrook Court St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1ED
Received 24 Jan 2025Land Within Curtilage Of 1 Redbrook Court St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1ED
Received 24 Jan 2025Graigwen Bungalow Gwyddon Road Abercarn Newport NP11 5AL
Received 27 Jan 2025Land Within Curtilage Of 22 The Avenue Trethomas Caerphilly CF83 8BW
Received 27 Jan 2025Land At Grid Ref 315956 184975 Cefn Carnau Lane Thornhill Caerphilly
Received 27 Jan 2025ALDI Unit 1 Blackwood Gate Retail Park Blackwood NP12 2FS
Received 27 Jan 2025World War One Memorial Garden Gordon Road Blackwood
Received 24 Jan 2025Flat B 10 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3AA
Received 28 Jan 2025Min-Y-Nant 60B Hill Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LU
Received 28 Jan 2025Troedyrhiw Jestyn Farm Bargoed Terrace Deri Bargoed CF81 9JA
Received 29 Jan 2025The Co-operative Food Mafon Road Nelson Treharris CF46 6PE
Received 29 Jan 202550A The Crescent Trecenydd Caerphilly CF83 2SW
Received 30 Jan 2025Castle Court Silver Street Pontywaun Newport NP11 7DY
Received 31 Jan 2025Masonic Hall Princes Avenue Caerphilly CF83 1HR
Received 31 Jan 2025Hillsborough 70 St Martin's Road Caerphilly CF83 1EN
Received 31 Jan 2025Homeleigh House Park Place Newbridge Newport NP11 4RL
Received 31 Jan 2025Land North Of James Street Trethomas CF83 8FY
Received 31 Jan 2025St Mathews Bungalow Tre-york Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5LR
Received 31 Jan 202512 Waunfach Street Caerphilly CF83 3HL
Received 3 Feb 202549 Pant Glas Llanbradach Caerphilly CF83 3PD
Received 3 Feb 20254 Bardsey Island Way Caerphilly CF83 2DD
Received 3 Feb 2025Land Within Curtilage Of 9 Caeglas Penyrheol Caerphilly CF83 2PT
Received 3 Feb 20251 Clos Cae Pwll Nelson Treharris CF46 6LA
Received 3 Feb 2025Records 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