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25/0618/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion and extension of former office buildings to apart-hotel and restaurant, development of spa / leisure complex, car parking, landscaping, drainage, and associated works (additional information received 14/10/2025) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Oct 2026, 06:37

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Application progress

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Received

30 May 2025

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Validated

14 Oct 2025

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Approved

8 Dec 2025

Approved on 8 Dec 2025 · Planning and Development Committee · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Rhondda Planning and Development Committee on 27 Nov 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the scheme would support the town centre, benefit residents and tourists, and enhance the Conservation Area.
One objection was received, while consultees and both local councillors supported or raised no objection to the proposal.
The committee approved the application in line with the officer recommendation.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, representations, committee discussion and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Rhondda's committee minutes of 27 Nov 2025.

Documents 57

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF ROCK GROUNDS ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT Supporting Info · 30 May 2025 View ↗ PDF 2405-TS01 ROCK GROUNDS TRANSPORT STATEMENT V2 Supporting Info · 30 May 2025 View ↗ PDF 2025-05 -01 ROCK GROUNDS GREEN INFRASTRUCTRE STATEMENT V2 Supporting Info · 30 May 2025 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Supporting Info · 30 May 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 37

Application forms 1

PDF APP FORM Application Form · 30 May 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 6

PDF HENEB RESPONSE CONSULTN · 24 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF FRM RESPONSE CONSULTN · 2 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF COAL AUTHORITY RESPONSE CONSULTN · 16 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SOUTH WALES POLICE RESPONSE CONSULTN · 12 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE CONSULTN · 12 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF NATIONAL GRID RESPONSE CONSULTN · 9 Jun 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 3

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.

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Aberdare Town Centre conservation area

Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

21 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Milestone, Grade II, 59 m away · 21 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 21 with distances

59 mMilestoneGrade II
115 mCalfaria ChapelGrade II
116 mSiloa Capel Y AnnibynwyrGrade II
120 mSunday School attached to Bethania ChapelGrade II
121 mHall attached to Siloa Capel Y AnnibynwyrGrade II
124 mConstititional ClubGrade II
125 mDeckers ClubGrade II
125 mEnglish Methodist Chapel (including Vestry)Grade II
126 mTown HallGrade II
129 mHall attached to Calfaria ChapelGrade II
130 mThe Black Lion HotelGrade II
131 mM.J.RaynerGrade II
133 mBethania ChapelGrade II
136 mAberdare Carpet CompanyGrade II
136 mTrinity Presbyterian Church of WalesGrade II
140 mHall attached to Trinity ChurchGrade II
140 mPillar Box on the Pavement outside The Palladium CinemaGrade II
141 mTelephone Call-box on the pavement outside The Palladium CinemaGrade II
144 mCatholic Church of St JosephGrade II
147 mPedestal and Statue of "Caradog"Grade II
148 m43 High StreetGrade II

Cadw ↗

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 10 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.

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