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148 High Street Blackwood NP12 1YZ

26/0111/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

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Proposal

Change the use of commercial property into 1 No. apartment and 2 No. studios with ground-floor cafe/ takeaway (Proposed A3)

Received
18 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackwood
Agent
DPS Architecture Ltd.
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 148 High Street Blackwood NP12 1YZ. Caerphilly has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Caerphilly's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Blackwood. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the NP12 postcode area.

87% of amendment applications at Caerphilly County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NP12 1YZ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026
Permission expires
18 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
DPS Architecture Ltd.
Architect profile
DPS ARCHITECTURE LTD.
Agent address
Mr J Duggan Sophia House 28 Cathedral Road Cardiff CF11 9LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 March 2026
Site notice end
17 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14706197
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Jun

    Discharge condition 04 (Waste Storage), 05 (Stacks/Vents) and 07 (Sound Insulation) of planning consent…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/0396/COND
  2. 2026
    18 Feb

    Change the use of commercial property into 1 No. apartment and 2 No. studios with ground-floor cafe/ takeaway…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment26/0111/COU

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