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Troedyrhiw Llanilid Pencoed Rhondda Cynon Taf CF35 5LA

25/0845/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Refuse3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Removal of 10 metres of hedgerow and the installation of a pair of farm gates set back 10 metres into the field. The planting of 10 metres of hedge and the laying of hardstanding from the road to the gates and continuing into the field to the rear of the house/garden (Retrospective).

Received
4 August 2025
Ward
Brynna And Llanharan
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 206 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Troedyrhiw Llanilid Pencoed Rhondda Cynon Taf CF35 5LA. Rhondda has handled 3,976 applications of this type. This one was decided in 318 days, 37 weeks longer than Rhondda's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Brynna And Llanharan. We hold 1,863 applications in total for the CF35 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The development, by virtue of its location outside of a defined settlement boundary and nature of use, would amount to an unjustified and unsustainable form of development into the open countryside contrary to Policies CS2 and AW2 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.
  2. The development by virtue of the scale, materials and extent of hedgerow removal, would constitute an inappropriate and visually intrusive form of development, resulting in an unwarranted encroachment of development into the open countryside that would have a detrimental visual impact on the rural character and appearance of the site and wider area. As such the development would be contrary to Policies AW5 and AW6 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan and guidance contained within Planning Policy Wales (Ed 12, Feb 2024).
  3. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the removal of the hedgerow would not result in unacceptable harm to biodiversity or the resilience of ecosystems, or that appropriate mitigation and enhancement measures can be secured. As such, the proposal fails to demonstrate how it would contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources, and is therefore contrary to Future Wales Policy 9, Chapter 6 of Planning Policy Wales, and Policies AW6 and AW8 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CF35 5LA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Consultation start
25 November 2025
Consultation end
16 December 2025
Last date for comments
31 December 2025
Target decision date
19 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Rhondda

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