Planning application
Commando Fit Dare Valley Country Park Dare Road Cwmdare Aberdare Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 7RG
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Full planning application for a proposed gym facility and a proposed sauna facility with associated works (Amended plans received 28/07/2026).
As published by the council, reference 26/0520/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0520/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 15 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Aberdare West And Llwydcoed
- Postcode
- CF44 7RG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Rhondda Cynon Taf register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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24/0815/FUL Granted
Commando Fit Dare Valley Country Park Dare Road Cwmdare Aberdare Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 7RG
Proposed overclad of existing shipping containers to create a coffee area. Marquee area to create a gym area with 3mr roller shutters to gain access and side elevation with perspex window (Partly Retrospective).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 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 10 August 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 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
ages Agent, registered in Glasgow
Active · incorporated 2009 · Glasgow
1 application on PlanIndex
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
27 documents on file for this application
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
- NRW
- SITE AND LANDSCAPING PLAN
- PROPOSED BUNDED STORE
- PROPOSED FOUL WATER STORAGE TANK
- PROPOSED GYM ELEVATION PLANS
- PROPOSED GYM SIDE ELEVATION PLANS
- HENEB
- FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (FRM) / LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY (LLFA)
- WELSH WATER
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- THE COAL AUTHORITY
- LSBUD ENQUIRY CONFIRMATION
- WWU LETTER
- WWU PLAN
- NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLAN
- NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION LETTER
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED GYM AND SAUNA AT DARE VALLEY COUNTRY PARK DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT
- COAL BOARD REPORT
- COAL BOARD
- GREEN_INFRASTRUCTURE_STATEMENT-1301502
- PROPOSED GYM FLOOR LAYOUT PLAN
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN (SAUNA AND COLD PLUNGE)
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (SAUNA)
- PROPOSED SIDE ELEVATIONS (SAUNA)
Trade members open them from here.
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 61 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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