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Cancelled
At its meeting on 2 September 2026, the committee approved three planning applications: 52 storage containers at Oakland Business Park, resurfacing of the Bike Park Wales uplift track, and a rear extension and garage in Aber-fan. It also received an appeal decision and a list of officer decisions for June and July 2026.
The committee met on 8 July 2026 to consider planning applications. It approved amended conditions for a large leisure development at Rhydycar West, but the legal agreement is still to be signed. It approved a two-bedroom bungalow at 63 Brecon Rise after deferring it in June, and it deferred a storage container application at Oakland Business Park to September. It also received appeal and delegated decision reports.
The committee considered three planning applications, and also received an appeal decision and a list of delegated decisions. It approved, subject to conditions, a permanent fence along the Taff Trail at Furnace Row, Troedyrhiw, after the design was changed to a lower black railing with no gates. It approved a third front dormer window at Cartrefle, Aberfan, and deferred a bungalow application at 63 Brecon Rise, Pant, asking officers to attend.
The committee deferred a decision on a permanent fence along the Taff Trail at Furnace Row, Troedyrhiw, and refused a change of use to a house in multiple occupation (HMO, a shared house for unrelated people) at Greenwich House, Aberfan Road, Aberfan. It also received three appeal reports and a list of delegated decisions made by officers in March 2026.
The committee approved a planning application for dormer windows, a garage and a store at Cartrefle, Station Hill, Aberfan. It also received a new appeal, an appeal decision and a list of officer decisions made in January and February 2026.
The Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee met on 4 February 2026. It approved a 47-home housing scheme at Penydarren and a garage and store at Cefn Coed, and it refused a change of use to a house in multiple occupation on Aberfan Road. It also received reports on two planning appeals and a list of decisions made by officers in December 2025.
The committee approved two planning applications on 7 January 2026. Its main decision was to approve outline planning permission for a large leisure development at Rhydycar West (P/23/0065), subject to conditions and a Section 106 agreement. Members also approved a mixed development on the former Hoover site at Pentrebach (P/25/0165), subject to conditions, and received an appeal decision and a list of delegated decisions.
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The committee considered six items, most of them for information. It approved an application to keep horses and build a stable block on land at Heolgerrig, subject to conditions. It also received reports on three appeals, one appeal decision and the delegated decisions made by officers from September to October 2025.
Members also received an appeal decision on a similar change of use at 2 Llewellyn Street, and a list of planning decisions made by officers under delegated powers.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
The committee considered three planning applications and received a list of decisions made by officers. It approved a Flying Start childcare building at Ysgol Santes Tudful, Penyard, subject to conditions, and refused two applications to turn family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs, homes shared by unrelated people) on grounds of parking, highway safety and community cohesion.
The Planning, Regulatory and Licensing committee met on 4 June 2025 to consider planning applications, appeals and reports. It approved a change of use to a children's care home at 16 Gelligaer Road, Trelewis, and refused a six-bedroom house in multiple occupation at 1 Cwm Cottages, Dowlais, on parking and highway safety grounds. The meeting also received reports on appeals and on decisions made under delegated powers.
The committee considered three planning applications on 7 May 2025 and approved all three, subject to the conditions in the reports. They were an outline application for 20 homes at Phelps Roofing, Aberfan; a change of use to a children's care home at 79 Church Street, Penydarren; and a solar farm at Pen Y Dre High School, Gurnos.
The committee agreed to accept officers' recommendation on a planning application to change an industrial unit at Paisley Business Park, Pant, into a veterinary practice. It also received reports on an enforcement appeal and on planning decisions made under delegated powers in March 2025. Members approved new policies for CCTV and dash cams in taxis and private hire vehicles.
The committee met to consider a large leisure development at Rhydycar West, and it did not accept the officers' recommendations, citing economic, employment and tourism reasons. It also received a Planning Inspector's decision refusing a wind farm north of the A465, and a list of decisions officers made in February 2025. The minute does not record a final decision on the leisure application.
The Planning, Regulatory and Licensing committee refused a planning application for a temporary rural enterprise dwelling and livestock building at Pen-coedcae Farm, Merthyr Tydfil, on 12 February 2025. It also received reports on one appeal, one appeal decision and officers' delegated decisions for January 2025.
The committee considered four items at its meeting on 15 January 2025. It refused planning application P/24/0201 for a shared house at 2 Llewellyn Street, agreeing two reasons on parking, congestion and the character of the area. It also received two appeal decisions and a list of planning decisions made by officers under delegated powers, which let officers decide routine applications without a committee vote.
The minutes of the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing meeting on 11 December 2024 record apologies from four councillors and no declarations of interest. The Chair reported no urgent business. The minutes provided record no decisions on substantive agenda items.
The committee considered planning applications, appeals and a review of the council's gambling licensing policy. It approved a plan for 40 flats at Cefn Isaf and a home beauty business at 13 Argyle Street. It first resolved to refuse a 4-bedroom house in multiple occupation (a house shared by separate households) at 2 Llewellyn Street, then deferred the decision to the next meeting.
On 9 October 2024 the Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee refused two applications for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), homes shared by unrelated people, on Ninth Avenue and at Mount Pleasant Hotel, Merthyr Vale. It approved outline planning permission for four homes at Hylton Terrace, Bedlinog, and a care home at The Jays, The Grove, both subject to conditions. The committee also received a dismissed appeal and a list of decisions officers made under delegated powers in September.
The committee considered planning applications, appeals and reports at its meeting on 11 September 2024. It approved two applications, subject to conditions. It then deferred both to the next meeting.
The committee considered a planning application to build a new primary school on land north of Goitre Lane, Gurnos, and approved it subject to conditions. It also received a report on one new appeal, two appeal decisions and a list of decisions made by officers under delegated powers.
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It agreed to hold fact-finding site visits for two applications to convert homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), homes shared by unrelated people, at 75 Ninth Avenue and the Mount Pleasant Hotel in Merthyr Vale, because of highway safety concerns. It also received a list of planning decisions made by officers in April 2024.
The Planning, Regulatory and Licensing Committee approved the expansion of mountain bike trails at Gethin Woodland Centre, Abercanaid, and refused two applications to change homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), which are homes shared by unrelated people. It also received a report on an appeal against the refusal of a digital billboard in Merthyr Tydfil.
The committee considered planning applications and reports at its meeting on 10 April 2024. It approved the conversion of St Johns Lodge in The Grove into flats, and approved a change of use at 33 Urban Street, Penydarren, to a shared house for three people. It deferred decisions on 2 Overton Street, Dowlais, and 26 Maen Gilfach, Trelewis, to its next meeting.
The committee considered four planning applications and a list of decisions officers made under delegated powers. It approved two applications, subject to the conditions in the report, and agreed site visits for two others.