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Unit 3 The Market Place Blackwood NP12 1AU

25/0877/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change the use of first floor from Retail (A1 Use) to 2 No. studio apartments to include the addition of 2 rooflights to front pitch and 2 windows to rear elevation, create new entrance door at ground floor level for access to apartments and retain the ground floor as A1 use

Received
16 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackwood
Agent
BMAD Ltd
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 3 The Market Place Blackwood NP12 1AU. Caerphilly has handled 884 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1AU
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Consultation expiry
3 February 2026
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Consultation end
13 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
3 February 2026
Target decision date
17 February 2026
Permission expires
12 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
BMAD Ltd
Agent address
Mr B MacEntee Office 8 Mackintosh House 136 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 1DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 January 2026
Site notice end
3 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14541335
Documents
18
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Caerphilly

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