195 - 197 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA

1. 24 Jan 2023

   Received by Caerphilly

2. 31 Jan 2023

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 3 Apr 2023

   Decision issued: Granted

4. 7 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Caerphilly granted permission on 3 April 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 187 - 189 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA

  26/0529/NMA Submitted 31 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Seek approval of a non-material amendment to planning consent 25/0106/COU (Change the use of commercial ground floor space and lower ground floor commercial storage to part commercial and part residential for two new dwellings and alterations to shop front) to change lower ground floor flat to a 1 Bed flat and increase the room sizes for both ground floor and lower ground floor flats

  Granted Amendments New dwelling Windows or glazing 6 docs
  Several homes

• Laffan Dental Surgery Unit B 205 - 207 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA

  25/0793/COU Submitted 17 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Change the use from storage of white electrical goods to a dental surgery

  Granted Full applications 12 docs

• Land O/S 173-175 High Street Blackwood

  25/0747/FULL Submitted 3 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  Install 1 no. new BT Street Hub, incorporating 2 no. digital 75" LCD advert screens, and associated BT Phone Kiosk removals

  Granted Full applications 13 docs

• Outside 173 - 175 High Street Blackwood

  25/0748/ADV Submitted 3 Nov 2025 100 yards away

  Install 2 no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit

  Granted Advertising 12 docs

• 148 High Street Blackwood NP12 1YZ

  26/0396/COND Submitted 9 Jun 2026 100 yards away

  Discharge condition 04 (Waste Storage), 05 (Stacks/Vents) and 07 (Sound Insulation) of planning consent 26/0111/COU (Change the use of commercial property into 1 No. apartment and 2 No. studios with ground-floor cafe/ takeaway (Proposed A3))

  Granted Conditions 10 docs
  Domestic

• Specsavers Opticians 167 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AA

  23/0257/ADV Submitted 12 Apr 2023 100 yards away

  Install replacement fascia & projecting sign

  Granted Advertising 7 docs

• 26/0650/FULL Awaiting decision

  Ebbw View Eco Stays Blackvein Mountain Road Crosskeys

  Construct dwelling and ancillary buildings (workshop, tractor shelter and polytunnels) to support a land-based smallholding, including the retention and conversion of an existing timber structure to a workshop, retention of the existing levelled area for workshop hardstanding, car parking and tractor manoeuvring, retention of an existing tractor track, and creation of a new access track and site entrance, together with associated landscaping, tree, orchard and woodland planting

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 5 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/0647/FULL Awaiting decision

  What Stores Ltd Unit 18 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX

  Carry out minor elevation changes and associated amendments to existing retail unit and car park

  Received 28 Sep, published by the council 5 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/0513/COU Granted

  35 Sir Alfred Owen Way Pontygwindy Industrial Estate Caerphilly CF83 3HU

  Change the use of builders merchant to provide storage and industrial accommodation, construct a canopy and install two milk silos with associated pipework connecting the silos to the existing Castle Dairies production facility

  Received 31 Jul, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Full applications
• 26/0645/COU Awaiting decision

  Sunquest 6 - 8 Pontygwindy Road Caerphilly CF83 3AA

  Change the use of former sun bed shop to retail (Use Class A1), including a new aluminium shop front including roller shutters

  Received 25 Sep, published by the council 5 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/0634/FULL Awaiting decision

  Cilfynydd Grid Services Ltd Fairview Llanfabon Road Llanfabon Treharris CF46 6PJ

  Extend the Time for the Change of Use of Fairview from Residential (Use Class C3) to Office (Use Class B1) and the temporary 10-metre Fairview field wall opening for a period of 1 year

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Full applications