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Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

Granted Merthyr Tydfil P/25/0265 Full

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and development of a restaurant with drive-thru facility (Use Class A3) including access and cycle path, servicing, car parking, hard and soft landscaping, advertisements and other associated works

As published by the council, reference P/25/0265

Application record

Reference
P/25/0265
Type
Full
Status
Permitted
Decision
Granted As published: Full Approval
Received
9 Oct 2025
Validated
9 Oct 2025
Decided
20 Apr 2026
Ward
DOWLAIS
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CF48 2YG

Site history

Applications at this address on the Merthyr Tydfil register

This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • P/26/0203 Awaiting decision

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of Condition 19 (boundary treatments) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Submitted 16 Sep 2026
  • P/26/0157 Granted

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of condition 5 (Lighting) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Decided 28 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • P/26/0126 Granted

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Bat boxes), 4 (Biodiversity enhancements), 8 (LEMP),14 (Trunk watermains), 16 (Historic building recording and analysis) and 21 (Contamination) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Decided 1 Sep 2026
  • P/25/0266 Status unknown

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Signage to proposed drive-thru restaurant building and within the site

    Submitted 9 Oct 2025 Advertising

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 Oct 2025

    Received by Merthyr Tydfil

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Decision issued: Full Approval

  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

6 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • P/26/0215 Awaiting decision

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil

    Discharge of Condition 12 (Grease trap details) of planning permission P/25/0265

  • P/26/0203 Awaiting decision

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of Condition 19 (boundary treatments) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Submitted 16 Sep 2026
  • P/26/0157 Granted

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of condition 5 (Lighting) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Decided 28 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • P/26/0152 Granted

    Station House Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of conditions 6 (Landscaping), 18 (retaining walls) and part discharge of condition 19 (boundary treatments) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Decided 15 Sep 2026
  • P/26/0126 Granted

    Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Bat boxes), 4 (Biodiversity enhancements), 8 (LEMP),14 (Trunk watermains), 16 (Historic building recording and analysis) and 21 (Contamination) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Decided 1 Sep 2026
  • P/26/0107 Status unknown

    Station House Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG

    Discharge of condition 17 (histroic environment mitigation) of planning permission P/25/0265

    Submitted 18 May 2026 Conditions
  • Application: P/25/0266

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

McDonalds Restaurants Ltd Applicant, registered in Murray Street

Closed-on · incorporated 1991 · Murray Street

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Documents

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78 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Merthyr Tydfil granted permission on 20 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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