Land At Cynlas Farm (Access Track) Cynlas Drive Hirwaun CF44 9AZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/0253/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Revised vehicular access at Cynlas Farm, Cynlas Drive, Hirwaun, Aberdare, CF44 9AZ Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:55

Application progress

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Received

25 Mar 2026

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Consultation

1 Apr 2026

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Approved

13 May 2026

Approved on 13 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 9

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project about 150 m away: Hirwaun Power Station

The site is about 150 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

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Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

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Important details

Council: Rhondda
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: CF44 9AZ
Received: 25 Mar 2026
Validated: 25 Mar 2026
Ward: Hirwaun, Penderyn And Rhigos
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 May 2026
Decision: Approve
Decision date: 13 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Asbri Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 5 days faster than Rhondda's median of 54 for full applications. Approved, as 95% of full applications here are.

This one49d

Council54d

UK56d

64%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

10%go to committee

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