21 Castle Street, Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, NP22 3DF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from A2 (financial and professional services) to mixed-use A1 (Shops) on the ground floor and basement and C3 Residential flats on first floor and second floor including the installation of rooflights and 2 x balconies, new windows and door and cycle and bin storage Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Dec 2025 · Planning Committee · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blaenau Gwent Planning Committee on 4 Dec 2025.
Approved by 8 votes to 1
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the proposal would reuse a vacant property and would not harm the area, amenity, highways, services or ecology.
- One objection raised concerns about parking, the balcony and past antisocial behaviour near the site.
- The committee approved permission by 8 votes to 1, with a condition clarifying C3A residential use.
Source: Plota analysis of Blaenau Gwent's committee minutes of 4 Dec 2025.
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 7
Site constraints 4
Checked on 26 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Blaenau Gwent
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- NP22 3DF
- Received
- week of 27 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 30 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Tredegar
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Architect Designs
How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, 29 days faster than Blaenau Gwent's median of 69 for changes of use. Approved, as 95% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Blaenau Gwent in the last twelve months, from validation. Blaenau Gwent decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 4 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 25 Dec 2025
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29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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