Agricultural Land Near Lan Farm Pen-y-wal Road To Lan Quarry Graig-wen Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 3NN Data via plota.co.uk

26/0210/FUL - Full Application Pending Decision

Proposal

Improvement and formalisation of agricultural field access including regrading of entrance, installation of drainage and construction of dry stone boundary walls (Amended ownership certificate received 20/09/2026). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:33

Application progress

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Received

8 Mar 2026

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Consultation

12 Mar 2026

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Validated

20 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 15 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Nov 2026, from Rhondda's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents 18

Statements & assessments 3

PDF HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTN · 26 May 2026 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION CONSULTN · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AGRICULTURAL ACCESS JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT Supporting Info · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 11

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 8 Mar 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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.

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Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Local nature reserve about 304 m away: Craig-Yr-Hesg

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

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

Council: Rhondda
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: CF37 3NN
Received: 8 Mar 2026
Validated: 20 Sept 2026
Ward: Pontypridd Town
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: HEAMES Architectural Design & Planning Consultants

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Rhondda usually decides extensions by day 51.

prediction

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target

77%decided within 8 weeks

97%approved

224decided in the last year

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

Public comments

4comments received

4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 12 Mar 2026
Comments by: 16 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No