16 Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QS

1. 27 Aug 2026

   Received by Caerphilly

2. 29 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 5 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 24 November 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.

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• Hanbury Arms Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QU

  26/0119/COU Submitted 19 Feb 2026 150 yards away

  Change the use of Public House to mixed use to include public bar at ground floor, extension of the first floor to create restaurant and music venue with beer garden, and extension of second floor to provide 12 guest bedrooms

  Granted Full applications Extension 21 docs

• Unit 6A Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed CF81 8QT

  19/0901/ADV Submitted 1 Nov 2019 150 yards away

  Install 2 No. internally illuminated fascia signs on shop front and side elevation

  Granted Advertising Windows or glazing 7 docs

• Lowry Plaza Hanbury Road Bargoed

  25/0729/ADV Submitted 24 Oct 2025 150 yards away

  Erect a 75 inch, sub-surface mounted, outdoor, double sided digital totem

  Granted Advertising 11 docs

• 18 High Street Bargoed CF81 8RA

  25/0602/RET Submitted 1 Sep 2025 200 yards away

  Retain the change of use from retail to mixed use

  Granted 15 docs

• Dignity Funerals - D J Thomas And Son 4 - 5 Hanbury Square Bargoed CF81 8QQ

  19/0845/ADV Submitted 10 Oct 2019 200 yards away

  Erect 1 No. non illuminated front fascia sign and 1 No. non illuminated projecting sign

  Granted Advertising 7 docs

• 11 West Street Bargoed CF81 8RZ

  24/0745/HH Submitted 10 Oct 2024 200 yards away

  Erect first floor extension to create two bedrooms

  Granted Householder Extension 10 docs
  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