Planning application
Candour Talent 120 116 - 122 High Street Blackwood NP12 1AF
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Obtain Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development to use the premises as the headquarters for a Private Hire business
As published by the council, reference 26/0013/CLPU
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0013/CLPU
- Type
- Certificate Lawful Proposed Use/Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 2 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Blackwood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NP12 1AF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by Caerphilly
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13 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- DECISION
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- AMENDED SITE LOCATION
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- BLACKWOOD MAP
- BLACKWOOD HIGH STREET APPLICATION EVIDENCE
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Caerphilly refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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