Tai Education Centre Grovefield Terrace Pen-y-graig Porth Rhondda Cynon Taf CF40 1HL Data via plota.co.uk

25/0656/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Proposed erection of 8No 6 person 4 bed house types and associated private gardens, access road and external works. (Bat Survey Report received 22/07/25) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2025
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Validated
22 Jul 2025
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Approved
29 Oct 2025

Approved on 29 Oct 2025 · Planning and Development Committee · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 23 Oct 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the eight homes had acceptable design, amenity, privacy and highway impacts.
  • One objection raised concerns about damage, construction machinery, disturbance and historic mining activity.
  • The committee approved the application in accordance with the officer recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 23 Oct 2025.

Documents 31

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Site constraints 2

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 ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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.

Building

Floor area372 m² (4,004 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 73)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2018, 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
CF40 1HL
Received
11 Jun 2025
Validated
22 Jul 2025
Ward
Pen-y-graig
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Sept 2025
Decision
Approve
Decision date
29 Oct 2025
Decision level
Planning and Development Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Letrucco Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 99 days from validation, 45 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 objecting

23 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Nov 2025
Committee
23 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

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.