1 The Old Court William Street Blackwood NP12 1NU

1. 3 Jun 2026

   Received by Caerphilly

2. 28 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 29 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Caerphilly took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Caerphilly for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Caerphilly decided full applications in a median of 65 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Principality Building Society 129 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AB

  26/0161/FULL Submitted 9 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Alter existing shop front in order to remove the stepped access and install a new glazed entrance door within existing screen

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 8 docs

• 123 - 127 High Street Blackwood

  21/0580/COU Submitted 26 May 2021 100 yards away

  Change the use from first-floor vacant premises above numbers 123, 125 and 127 High Street into 4 new residential units, infill flat roof portion to rear of property to increase internal floor area, access to be provided via door adjacent to No. 127, directly off High Street

  Granted Full applications Extension 12 docs

• 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

• 117 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AD

  26/0222/CLPU Submitted 30 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  77% historically approved · decision due ~25 May

  Obtain a Lawful Development Certificate to change the use from Estate Agent Shop (Class E) to Nail Salon (Class E)

  Awaiting decision Lawful development 6 docs

• 115 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AD

  25/0736/COU Submitted 28 Oct 2025 100 yards away

  Change of use from a sui generis use as an amusement arcade to a sui generis use comprising a mixed-use facility including a sports equipment shop, coffee shop, and an area for playing darts and pool

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• Candour Talent 120 116 - 122 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AF

  26/0013/CLPU Submitted 8 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  Obtain Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development to use the premises as the headquarters for a Private Hire business

  Refused Lawful development 8 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