FORMER WILLOWTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL Brynheulog Street, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6NJ Data via plota.co.uk

P/2025/0347 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Proposed development is for 3 proposed containers to be used for Big Bocs Bwyd to be used for the school and school community use Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Dec 2025
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Validated
11 May 2026
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Approved
28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Site constraints 2

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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 410 m away: Sirhowy Hill Woodlands and Cardiff Pond.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
NP23 6NJ
Received
5 Dec 2025
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Ebbw Vale North
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Blaenau Gwent CBC

How this decision compares

Decided in 140 days from validation, 46 days slower than Blaenau Gwent's median of 94 for full applications. Approved, as 93% of full applications here are.

27%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
15%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Blaenau Gwent in the last twelve months, from validation. Blaenau Gwent decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Oct 2026