8 Waterside Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5LJ Data via plota.co.uk

DM/2026/00169 - Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from nil use to residential curtilage which includes an extension to approved patio area and a timber structure. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
12 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
26 Mar 2026
✓
Committee
7 Jul 2026
✗
Refused
8 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 10 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Monmouthshire Planning Committee on 7 Jul 2026.

Refused

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the works harm riverbank habitat within a locally protected nature site and cannot be satisfactorily mitigated.
  • The committee voted 12 to 3 for refusal, with no abstentions, and refused the application for the report’s stated reason.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Monmouthshire's committee minutes of 7 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 3

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Usk
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 160 m away: Abergavenny: Bailey Park; Conservation area about 58 m away: Abergavenny Pen-y-Fal Conservation Area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £85,000 in June 2002. Semi-detached house, freehold.

28 June 2002£85,000
30 August 1996£53,250New build

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

Work with planning data?

Every application in Monmouthshire - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Application type
Planning Permission
Postcode
NP7 5LJ
Received
12 Feb 2026
Validated
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Park
Parish
Abergavenny Town Council
Target decision
9 Apr 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 146 days from validation, 96 days slower than Monmouthshire's median of 50 for extensions. Refused, as 3% of extensions here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
213decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14700699
Neighbours
16 Feb 2026
Consultation
26 Mar 2026
Comments by
16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.