Sunnyside Hirwaun Road Pen-y-waun Aberdare Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 9LL Data via plota.co.uk

25/0345/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Proposed new access road and reprofiling of land to the rear (Amended plans received 26/08/2025). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
25 Mar 2025
✓
Validated
3 Jul 2025
✗
Refused
11 Dec 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Deferred by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 4 Sept 2025.

Deferred

  • Officers advised granting permission because the visual, residential amenity, privacy and highway effects were considered acceptable.
  • Seven neighbouring residents objected, raising concerns including drainage, privacy, highway safety, land levels and Japanese knotweed.
  • The committee deferred the application for further information about the access.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, site history, officers’ assessment, objections and the committee’s decision to defer the application.

Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 4 Sept 2025.

Site constraints 1

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 ↗
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 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 £165,000 in September 2015. Detached house, freehold.

30 September 2015£165,000
6 April 1995£32,000

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

Building

Floor area102 m² (1,098 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (59 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached bungalow, 5 habitable rooms
Built1930 to 1949
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2015, 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
CF44 9LL
Received
25 Mar 2025
Validated
3 Jul 2025
Ward
Pen-y-waun
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Aug 2025
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
11 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
George and Co

How this decision compares

Decided in 161 days from validation, 107 days slower than Rhondda's median of 54 for full applications. Refused, as 7% 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

7comments received
7 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Sept 2025
Committee
4 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
28 Aug 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.