RED LION HOTEL High Street, Blaina, Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, NP13 3BN Data via plota.co.uk

P/2025/0227 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use to ground floor public house to retail use , external alterations at ground floor, convert first floor exisitng residential into 2no. Residential flats. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jul 2025
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Validated
3 Jun 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; 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 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
NP13 3BN
Received
23 Jul 2025
Validated
3 Jun 2026
Ward
Blaina
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
23 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Creation Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 112 days from validation, 43 days slower than Blaenau Gwent's median of 69 for changes of use. Approved, as 95% of changes of use here are.

29%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
19%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
23 Sept 2026