Planning application
Mounton House Special School Bayfield Road Mounton Monmouthshire NP16 6LA
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use and repurposing of former school site to a sui generis estate management facility including demolition of existing school buildings, retention and refurbishment of the former sports hall for operational storage, and erection of new welfare, office, storage and service yard buildings. Associated works include contractors yard, landscaping, biodiversity enhancements, sustainable drainage, permeable surfacing, parking and renewable energy installations
As published by the council, reference DM/2026/00684
Application record
- Reference
- DM/2026/00684
- Type
- Fast Track Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 2 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 2 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Shirenewton
- Parish
- Mathern Community Council
- Postcode
- NP16 6LA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jun 2026
Received by Monmouthshire
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Monmouthshire took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
102 documents on file for this application
- MH PHOTOGRAPH VIEWPOINT DOCUMENT
- STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 2
- NATURAL RESOURCES WALES
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1
- WATER RECYCLING SYSTEMS RECYCLING SYSTEMS BROCHURE
- TREE OFFICER COMMENT
- TREE OFFICER COMMENT
- VEHICLE WASHDOWN AREA / WASHPAD- FURTHER INFORMATION
- FORMER MOUNTON SCHOOL_AIA & AMS COMBINED
- FORMER MOUNTON SCHOOL TRRP (REVISION 1)
- COVERING EMAIL - ARBORICULTURAL ASSESSMENT (AIA & AMS REV 1) AND NRW FOLLOW-UP
- MOUNTON HOUSE TREE PLANTING SCHEDULE
- PROPOSED SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN
- EMAIL RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE, VISUAL, GI, BIODIVERSITY, LIGHTING, WYE VALLEY NL,
- COMMENTS - HIGHWAYS
- COMMENTS - MATHERN CC
- WYE VALLEY LANDSCAPE COMMENT
- MCC BIODIVERSITY COMMENT
- LANDSCAPE/GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMENT
- NRW RESPONSE
- COMMENTS - FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT/SUDS
- COMMENTS - CYSGOD Y COED
- ONR'S CONSULTATION
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS 1
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS 2
- EXISTING SITE SECTIONS 1
- EXISTING SITE SECTIONS 2
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GF PLAN
- PROPOSED 1F PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1
- PROPOSED SITE LOCATION PLAN
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 8 OF 8)
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN EXISTING
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING GF PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 2
- PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS 1
- PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS 2
- PROPOSED STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE PLAN
- PHASE 1 DESK STUDY AND PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
- DESK STUDY AND PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
- DESK STUDY AND PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
- DESK STUDY AND PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 1 OF 8)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 2 OF 8)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 3 OF 8)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 4 OF 8)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 5 OF 8)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 6 OF 8)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY PLAN (SHEET 7 OF 8)
- CAL
- APPX 3 - EXTRACT OF THE PUBLIC SEWER MAP
- CCTV REPORT MOUNTON HOUSE
- PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT (PRA) AND DUSK SURVEYS
- CECMP
- BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY
- GIS (1 OF 2)
- GIS (2 OF 2)
- HERITAGE ASSETS
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- TREE SURVEY, CATEGORISATION & CONSTRAINTS REPORT
- TREE SURVEY
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (1 OF 5)
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (2 OF 5)
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (3 OF 5)
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (4 OF 5)
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (5 OF 5)
- OFFICER E-MAIL - HOLD ON FT REQUEST
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
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