Planning application
Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG
Relates to P/25/0265
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference P/26/0126
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/0126
- Status
- Unknown
- Decision
- Discharge of Condition Approval
- Received
- 11 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 1 Sep 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 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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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
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P/25/0265 Granted
Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG
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
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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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Jun 2026
Received by Merthyr Tydfil
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Discharge of Condition Approval
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Conditions.
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P/25/0265 Granted
Land To The North Of The Heads Of The Valleys Road Off Rhymney Common Road Dowlais Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2YG
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
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
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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28 documents on file for this application
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Merthyr Tydfil granted permission on 1 September 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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