Planning application
Shop 11A Victoria Square Aberdare Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 7LA
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of underused first floor room ancillary to existing ground floor shop (A1) to residential use (C3) to create 1 no. self contained studio flat.
As published by the council, reference 26/0392/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0392/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Validated
- 8 May 2026
- Decided
- 1 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Aberdare East
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CF44 7LA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2026
Received by Rhondda Cynon Taf
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1 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Richard Andrews Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Newport
Active · incorporated 2012 · Newport
79 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 80% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
- DWR CYMRU WELSH WATER
- FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (FRM) / LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY (LLFA)
- HOUSING COMMENTS
- PUBLIC PROTECTION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- R906-00 A4 LOCATION PLAN
- R906-01 A1 EXISTING GF FF PLANS
- R906-02 A1 EXISTING SF LOFT PLANS
- R906-03 A1 EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- R906-04 A1 PROPOSED GF FF PLANS - REVA
- R906-05 A1 PROPOSED SF LOFT PLANS - REV A
- R906-06 A1 PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - REV A
- R906 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- R906 GI STATEMENT
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Rhondda Cynon Taf granted permission on 1 July 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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