Planning application
What Stores Ltd Unit 18 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Obtain a Lawful Development Certificate to confirm there are no restrictions which would limit the customer opening hours or servicing hours of the building at Unit 18 (previously known as Unit 7), Gallagher Retail Park
As published by the council, reference 25/0880/CLPU
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0880/CLPU
- Type
- Certificate Lawful Proposed Use/Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted
- Received
- 16 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 2 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Morgan Jones
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CF83 3GX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Caerphilly register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0566/NCC Awaiting decision
What Stores Ltd Unit 18 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Vary condition 5 of planning permission 25/0499/NCC (Vary condition 05 of planning consent 13/0025/NCC (Vary Condition 04 of planning permission 07/1230/NCC to enable up to 25 per cent of the net sales space within Unit 18 to be used for the sale of other goods not including clothing, footwear or fresh food products) to allow for the sale of convenience goods (up to 80% of the net sales space) and comparison goods (up to 20% of the net sales space) in respect of Unit 18 only) to amend the permitted retail use (Class A1) of the floorspace
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25/0879/NCC Granted
What Stores Ltd Unit 18 Gallagher Retail Park Parc Pontypandy Caerphilly CF83 3GX
Vary condition 03 of planning permission 22/0581/COU (Change the use from Class A1 to Class D2 and make external alterations) to allow customers who may shop in Unit 18 up until 2200 hours to exit the car park having loaded their purchased goods into their car (i.e. use the car park up until 2215 hours)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Dec 2025
Received by Caerphilly
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19 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
CarneySweeney Ltd Agent, registered in Farnham
Active · incorporated 2019 · Farnham
489 applications on PlanIndex · across 100 councils · 96% granted
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See their track recordGallagher Developments Caerphilly Ltd Applicant, a developer registered in Warwick
Active · incorporated 2013 · Warwick
2 applications on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION PLAM
- AMENDED APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION PLAN
- 13_0025_NCC - DECISION NOTICE
- 25_0499_NCC - DECISION NOTICE
- COVER LETTER
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Caerphilly granted permission on 2 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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