106-107 Taff Street Pontypridd CF37 4UY Data via plota.co.uk

26/0476/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use from shop (Use Class A1) and cafe (Use Class A3) to Police Office (Use Class B1) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Consultation
3 Jun 2026
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Committee
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
18 Aug 2026

Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Planning and Development Committee · Last checked 19 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 13 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the police office would reuse vacant town-centre units, maintain an active frontage and provide public safety benefits.
  • Neighbours raised no objections, while consultees generally had no objections, subject to limited advice and conditions.
  • The committee approved the application in accordance with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site and history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 13 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Pontypridd Town Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Registered park or garden about 57 m away: Pontypridd: Ynysangharad Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: National Westminster Bank, Grade II, about 40 m from the postcode pin · 13 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 13 with distances
Historic England ↗
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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
CF37 4UY
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Pontypridd Town
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
18 Aug 2026
Decision level
Planning and Development Committee
Agent
Asbri Planning Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 81 days from validation, 25 days slower than Rhondda's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 95% of changes of use here are.

58%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
9%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
3 Jun 2026
Comments by
24 Jun 2026
Committee
13 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No