ABERTILLERY WORKMENS WELFARE INSTITUTE Division Street, Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, NP13 1EF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from Abertillery Miners Welfare Club to the Abertillery Stute (Community Hub), involving the relocation of main entrance from Powell Street to Division Street through new extension, inclusive of the provision of a ramp and stepped access to a single storey flat roof extension, an enclosure to the existing fire exit, and associated enclosure to house new air handling units, bin and bike store, a balcony on level two, a lighting feature above the lift shaft and a cladding feature to the west elevation. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 30 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blaenau Gwent Planning Committee on 9 Sept 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers recommended approval because the proposal would benefit the town centre without unacceptable effects on neighbours or visual amenity.
- The committee granted permission subject to the report’s conditions; one councillor did not take part.
Source: Plota analysis of Blaenau Gwent's committee minutes of 9 Sept 2026.
Documents 32
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Plans & drawings 24
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
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
- Blaenau Gwent
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- NP13 1EF
- Received
- 30 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 13 Jul 2026
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 10 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Blaenau Gwent CBC
How this decision compares
Decided in 59 days from validation, 10 days faster than Blaenau Gwent's median of 69 for changes of use. Approved, as 95% of changes of use here are.
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
- Committee
- 9 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
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10 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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