Unit 2 Darren Drive Prince Of Wales Industrial Estate Abercarn Newport NP11 5AR Data via plota.co.uk

26/0531/COU - Change of Use Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change the use from Class B2/B8 (General Industrial and Storage/Distribution) to Class D2 (Indoor Sport and Recreation) to facilitate the operation of a martial arts and fitness academy Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Validated
12 Aug 2026
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Consultation
13 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Oct 2026

As of 2 Oct 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Not affected
No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Building

Floor area381 m² (4,101 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 55)
UseGeneral Industrial and Special Industrial Groups
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Caerphilly
Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
NP11 5AR
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Abercarn
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 58, past the statutory target. 92% of changes of use in Caerphilly are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 11 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 1 Oct 2026.

Day 582 days past the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
68%approved
59decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Caerphilly in the last twelve months, from validation. Caerphilly decision record →

Public comments

17comments received
1 objecting1 neutral15 supporting

88% support · above the UK average of 16%

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15142017
Planning Portal ref
PP-15142017
Neighbours
13 Aug 2026
Consultation
13 Aug 2026
Comments by
8 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
18 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.