Planning application
The Cardiff Arms Hotel High Street Hirwaun Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 9SL
Works: New dwelling Windows or glazing Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Refurbishment to include new windows and doors and the change of use of the former public house hotel (Sui generis) to form 8 apartments (C3).
As published by the council, reference 26/0123/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0123/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 12 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Hirwaun, Penderyn And Rhigos
- Postcode
- CF44 9SL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Feb 2026
Received by Rhondda Cynon Taf
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Rhondda Cynon Taf took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Cheshire Planning Solutions Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Frodsham
Active · incorporated 2013 · Frodsham
13 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 90% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 -PROPOSED ELEVATIONS. (AMENDED PLANS)
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 - GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED (AMENDED PLANS)
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 - FIRST FLOOR AND LOFT PLAN AS PROPOSED (AMENDED PLANS)
- SOUTH WALES POLICE
- PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- HENEB
- FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (FRM) / LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY (LLFA)
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- DWR CYMRU WELSH WATER
- CADW
- NRW
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 - FIRST FLOOR AND LOFT PLAN AS EXISTING
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 - GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS EXISTING
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 - SITE LAYOUT AS EXISTING
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 - SITE LAYOUT AS PROPOSED
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A1 -EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- 899_CARDIFF ARMS (1)-A4 - SITE LOCATION PLAN
- CPS-DESIGN-ACCESS-CARDIFF ARMS
- DOCUMENT SCHEDULE -COVERING LETTER 26.01.26
- HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT
- PARKING STATEMENT - CARDIFF.ARMS.HIRWAUN.ABERDARE.JAN.2026
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Rhondda Cynon Taf for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Rhondda Cynon Taf decided full applications in a median of 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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