78 - 84 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BA

1. 4 Aug 2026

   Received by Caerphilly

2. 25 Aug 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 30 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 20 October 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.

• Tesco Extra Unit C Pontymister Industrial Estate Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6NP

  25/0537/FULL Submitted 1 Aug 2025 200 yards away

  Form jet wash bay including 1.8m high glazed screens and air/screen wash and car vacuum units

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 27 docs

• 13 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AW

  26/0525/RET Submitted 4 Aug 2026 250 yards away

  81% historically approved · decision due ~2 Oct

  Retain carport

  Awaiting decision 4 docs

• Land Adj To 30 Wellspring Terrace Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6BE

  23/0105/OUT Submitted 8 Feb 2023 250 yards away

  Erect single dwelling and seek approval of access, layout and scale

  Granted Outline 12 docs
  Domestic

• 46 Park Place Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AS

  26/0220/NMA Submitted 30 Mar 2026 400 yards away

  Seek the approval of a non-material amendment to planning consent 22/0163/FULL (Erect single storey rear extension) change material to vertical black treated timber cladding through a process of toasting wood (known as Shou Sugi Ban)

  Granted Amendments Extension 4 docs
  Small domestic

• 4 Commercial Street Pontymister Risca Newport NP11 6AY

  25/0690/COU Submitted 10 Oct 2025 400 yards away

  Change the use of single dwelling into two self-contained flats

  Granted Full applications New dwelling 10 docs
  Domestic

• 20 Hillside Risca Newport NP11 6QD

  23/0200/HH Submitted 16 Mar 2023 450 yards away

  Erect single storey ground floor extension

  Granted Householder Extension 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 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