16 Beaufort Street, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 4AG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed change of use of A1 facility (Retail) to community meeting space D1 use (Non-Residential Institutions) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 19 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Blaenau Gwent Planning Committee on 9 Sept 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the use would bring a long-vacant unit back into activity and support the town centre.
- No objections or representations were received, while consultees raised no objection subject to recommended conditions.
- The committee granted permission subject to the report’s conditions; four councillors did not take part in the vote.
Source: Plota analysis of Blaenau Gwent's committee minutes of 9 Sept 2026.
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 2
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 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
From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Blaenau Gwent
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- NP23 4AG
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Brynmawr
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Asbri Planning
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 63 days from validation, 4 days faster than Blaenau Gwent's median of 67 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
- 2 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
Leaseholders: 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.
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