Berw Road Bridge (White Bridge) Berw Road Pontypridd Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Listed building consent for the removal waterproofing applied to both abutments and removal of the gunite to both abutments. Additional works include a new lighting arrangement on the bridge, masonry repairs to northwest retaining wall and footway improvements on south side of bridge. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Planning and Development Committee · Last checked 10 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 21 May 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the works would protect the bridge’s structural integrity and historic and architectural significance.
- Consulted organisations raised no objections, and no public responses were received.
- The committee approved the application subject to favourable referral to Cadw.
Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 21 May 2026.
Documents 17
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 10
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 5
Show all 2 with distances
- 3 mWhite Bridge (also known as Berw Bridge)Grade II*
- 65 mTaff Vale Railway Viaduct over River TaffGrade II
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
- Listed Building Consent (non RCT)
- Postcode
- CF37 2AB
- Received
- 27 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 25 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Pontypridd Town
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 20 May 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Planning and Development Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC
How this decision compares
Decided in 106 days from validation, 50 days slower than Rhondda's median of 56 for listed building consent. Approved, as 93% of listed building consent here are.
Plota live figures for listed building consent decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent listed building consent in Rhondda to go on. Rhondda decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 11 May 2026
- Committee
- 21 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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18 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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