25 Upper High Street Rhymney Tredegar NP22 5BS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change the use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to 4 Bed HMO (Class C4) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 11 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Deferred by Caerphilly Planning Committee on 13 May 2026.
Deferred by 7 votes to 6
- Officers advised approval because the HMO would meet housing needs without unacceptable effects on neighbours or highway safety.
- The community council objected, while 110 objection letters and a 229-signature petition raised concerns including parking, noise and antisocial behaviour.
- The committee voted 7 to 6, with one abstention, to defer the application for further information.
Source: Plota analysis of Caerphilly's committee minutes of 13 May 2026.
Documents 16
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 1
Site constraints 1
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 4
Last sold for £111,000 in February 2026. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Caerphilly
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Postcode
- NP22 5BS
- Received
- 16 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Twyn Carno
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 14 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 10 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Creation Design Wales
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 143 days from validation, 89 days slower than Caerphilly's median of 54 for changes of use. Approved, as 68% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Caerphilly in the last twelve months, from validation. Caerphilly decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 19 Feb 2026
- Consultation
- 19 Feb 2026
- Comments by
- 12 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 24 Feb 2026
- Committee
- 8 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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