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Members approved eight planning applications in line with the recommendation of the Director, Housing and Regeneration. One gym application was approved with altered opening hours. Members refused two applications for houses at the former Fox and Hounds in Llanharry, against that recommendation.
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Members refused works at 4 Gwernifor Street, Mountain Ash, against officer advice, and were minded to refuse two applications for the former Fox and Hounds, Llanharry, which were deferred for a further report.
Members approved eight planning applications at the Planning and Development Committee on 13 August 2026, in line with officer recommendations. They were minded to refuse a ninth application at 4 Gwernifor Street, Mountain Ash, against officer advice, and deferred it for a further report.
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The Committee considered four planning applications and a report on decisions taken under delegated powers. It approved a battery storage site at Tonteg and anti-vandal changing rooms at Park Nursery, Aberdare, and refused a barn conversion at Taff's Well and two houses at Abercynon.
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The committee deferred a decision on a garden pod and polytunnel at Graig-wen, Pontypridd, because the application was incomplete. It approved two modular food outlets on Taff Street, Pontypridd. Members also received a report on planning decisions made under delegated powers, meaning decisions made by officers without a committee vote.
The Committee considered seven applications, six for planning permission and one for listed building consent. It approved four planning applications and a listed building consent for White Bridge, subject to Cadw referral, and deferred two others. The barn conversion at Pen Y Groes Farm was deferred for a site inspection, and the Williams Street homes were deferred after Members said they were minded to refuse them against officer advice.
The Committee considered twelve planning matters, including a local impact report on a proposed wind and solar scheme. It approved eleven of them and refused one, against officer advice.
On 19 March 2026 the Planning and Development Committee considered three planning applications. It refused an application for 20 homes at Ffordd Y Bedol, Coed-Y-Cwm, and approved a replacement school building at Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhondda and an accessible viewing area at The Oval Ground, Ynyshir. Councillor W Lewis declared interests in two of the applications.
The committee considered seven planning applications and received a report on delegated decisions. It approved four applications and refused one. For two others, Members were minded to refuse against officer advice, so the final decisions were deferred for a further report.
The Planning and Development Committee met on 12 February 2026. Members refused one planning application for a new house at 2 Parc Ifor Hen, Miskin, and approved three others, including a bronze statue of Elizabeth Andrews at Rhondda Heritage Park. They also approved a revised condition for a temporary haul road at Tonteg.
The Committee considered eight planning applications at its meeting on 29 January 2026 and approved all of them, some subject to conditions or a legal agreement. Members also received a report on decisions made by officers under delegated powers. Councillor G Stacey declared a personal interest in one application.
The Planning and Development Committee approved four planning applications at its meeting on 15 January 2026. The applications covered changes to house types under an earlier permission for the former Hillside Country Club at Tonyrefail, a new house with annex at Efailisaf, a variation of an outline permission at Cwmbach, and excavation to expose the Blaencwm portal of the Rhondda Tunnel. The Committee also received a report on decisions made by officers under delegated powers.
The committee approved all five planning applications on its agenda. They covered a change of use in Porth, a loft conversion in Tonyrefail, advertisement boards at Tonteg Playing Fields, a single-storey school building in Cwmdare and changed house types at Miskin. Councillor G Stacey declared a personal interest in the Tonteg application.
The Planning and Development Committee approved all seven planning applications it considered on 27 November 2025. They cover homes, a recycling centre, a hotel and leisure complex, and smaller extensions and conversions. Members also received a report on appeals and decisions made under delegated powers, which are decisions taken by officers without a committee vote.
The Committee approved three planning applications: five flats in the Presbyterian Chapel on Glyn Street, Ynys-y-bwl, a variation of a condition for the Twyn Hywel Energy scheme north of Senghenydd, and two flats at 10 Blake Street, Maerdy, Ferndale. It deferred a decision on a children's home at 1 Clos Y Wennol, Llanilid, and received a report on decisions made under delegated powers.
Members approved most of the planning applications on the agenda, in line with officer recommendations. They refused one application for a battery energy storage system at Lowlands Farm, Tonteg, against officer advice, and deferred another for a site visit.
The Planning and Development Committee met on 2 October 2025 to consider planning applications in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Members agreed to approve four applications, including six glamping units at Llwydcoed and a residential scheme at Hirwaun, which is subject to a legal agreement. They refused an outline application for 30 homes at Tonyrefail, against officers' advice, on the ground that the number of homes would overdevelop the site.
The Planning and Development Committee considered planning applications and other business on 18 September 2025. It approved five applications and refused one retrospective garden room. It deferred a battery energy storage proposal at Lowlands Farm, Tonteg, after Members said they were minded to refuse it against officer advice.
The Planning and Development Committee met on 4 September 2025 and considered eight planning applications and two reports. It approved a gym, a hydroelectric scheme, three garages, a flats conversion, and a Local Impact Report on the Glyntaff solar farm. It refused a house in multiple occupation in Treherbert and a pub extension in Aberaman, both against officer advice, and deferred an access application at Sunnyside, Pen-y-waun.
It agreed to approve six planning applications, including floodlights at Llwydcoed Welfare Ground, a ground-mounted solar array beside the Bryn Pica waste site, and emergency works at Elim Church in Mountain Ash. It deferred three applications: one for a site inspection, and two where members were minded to refuse and asked for a report first.
The Planning and Development Committee considered 10 planning applications at its meeting on 24 July 2025, mostly for homes and business premises. They refused one application against officer advice, deferred three for further information, and deferred one more for a report on the risks of refusing it against officer advice.
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The Planning and Development Committee considered 14 items on 19 June 2025, including planning applications for homes, shared houses, an extension, a storage building and an energy site. It approved five applications, granted one certificate of lawful development, refused two applications against officer advice, and deferred one application for a site visit.
The committee considered six planning matters. It approved a certificate of lawful development for a shop use at the Fox and Hounds Inn, Llanharry, and approved one launderette application while refusing another at the Clearway Texaco garage, Llantwit Fardre. It also approved, subject to a legal agreement, the conversion of Old St Matthew's Church, Pontypridd, into flats, and deferred two house conversion proposals to a later meeting for further reports.
The Committee considered six planning applications and a report on decisions made under delegated powers, which are decisions taken by officers without a Committee vote. It approved five applications, including a data centre at Mwyndy, Pontyclun. It refused one application to convert a house at 37 Wern Street, Clydach, into a five-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO), a home shared by unrelated people.
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