Lloyds TSB 1 Station Street Porth Rhondda Cynon Taf CF39 9NR Data via plota.co.uk

25/0856/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use to mixed use: D1 on the ground floor and a 5 bed HMO on the first and second floors. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Aug 2025
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Validated
18 Sept 2025
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Approved
17 Dec 2025

Approved on 17 Dec 2025 · Planning and Development Committee · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 11 Dec 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Approval was advised because the vacant building could return to beneficial use and provide a community facility.
  • Four supporting letters described supported accommodation and wellbeing services, with consultees raising no objections.
  • The committee approved the application in accordance with the recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officer assessment, public comments, speakers, committee decision and conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 11 Dec 2025.

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 October 2026. 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 £94,000 in February 2024. Other property, freehold.

8 February 2024£94,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
20 August 2018£70,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
26 October 2016£70,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

Building

Floor area298 m² (3,208 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 102)
UseA1/A2 Retail and Financial/Professional services
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Rhondda
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CF39 9NR
Received
6 Aug 2025
Validated
18 Sept 2025
Ward
Porth
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Nov 2025
Decision
Approve
Decision date
17 Dec 2025
Decision level
Planning and Development Committee
Applicant
Show
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 90 days from validation, 36 days slower than Rhondda's median of 54 for full applications. Approved, as 93% of full applications here are.

65%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
12%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
13 Oct 2025
Committee
11 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
13 Nov 2025
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.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.