Hensol Castle, Hensol Castle Park, Hensol Data via plota.co.uk

2023/00747/3/CD - Condition Discharge Approved

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 8 (Importation of Aggregates) and 10 (Use of Site Won Materials) of Planning Permission : Part retrospective application for retention and completion of bat mitigation refuse store building, creation of car parking spaces, and associated works (in conjunction with planning permission ref. ) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 01:35

Application progress

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Received

29 Apr 2026

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Validated

20 Aug 2026

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Approved

1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF APPROVED Decision Notice Conditions 8 & 10 Approved Details · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 6

PDF 100 A Site Location Plan (1) Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Test Report 10mm Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Test Report 20mm Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Test Report 40mm Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Test Report - Sand Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Test Report Type 1 - Dark Brown Gravel Plan · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 6

Part of

Full23 Oct 2023council archive

Conditions details submitted for 8, 10
- ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 8 (Importation of Aggregates) and 10 (Use of Site Won Materials)This application20 Aug 20262023/00747/3/CD
Outline30 May 2019council archive

Conditions variation sought for
- Show 3 more · 1 approved, 1 pending, 1 decided
  - Variation4 Nov 2022archive
    Conditions details submitted for 9, 17, 19
    - Show 2 more · 1 pending, 1 decided
      ConditionsDischarge of Conditions 17 (Importation of Aggregates) and 19 (Use of Site Won Materials)29 May 20262022/01220/4/CD
      ConditionsDischarge of Condition 9 (Contaminated land remediation and verification)29 Apr 20262022/01220/3/CD

Site constraints 4

Registered park or garden: Hensol Castle

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Agricultural land, grade 4

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.

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.

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Also on the record

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin.

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 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.