Greenwich House Aberfan Road Aberfan Merthyr Tydfil CF48 4QN Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/0032 - Full Refused

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling (C3) to small HMO (C4) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:50

Application progress

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Received

20 Feb 2026

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Consultation

24 Feb 2026

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Committee

22 Apr 2026

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Refused

24 Apr 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 24 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Merthyr Tydfil Planning, Regulatory and Licensing on 22 Apr 2026.

Refused

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

Officers advised approval because the HMO would not cause significant harm to residential amenity, parking or highway safety.
Residents raised concerns about parking congestion, noise, community impact, safety and the lack of a management plan.
The committee refused the application because existing parking congestion would have an unsatisfactory impact on highway safety.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Merthyr Tydfil's committee minutes of 22 Apr 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Aberfan Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Grade II, about 27 m from the postcode pin

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.

Historic England ↗

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 ↗

Registered park or garden about 87 m away: Aberfan: Cemetery, Garden of Remembrance & Former

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4.

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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £43,000 in May 2014. Terraced house, freehold.

28 May 2014£43,000

13 June 2003£19,000

13 August 2001£9,000A nominal price

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Merthyr Tydfil
Application type: Full
Postcode: CF48 4QN
Received: 20 Feb 2026
Validated: 20 Feb 2026
Ward: MERTHYR VALE
Case officer: Show
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 24 Apr 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 63 days from validation, 12 days slower than Merthyr Tydfil's median of 51 for full applications. Refused, as 13% of full applications here are.

This one63d

Council51d

UK56d

67%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

6%go to committee

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