Plans for almost 300 houses on the site of the former Aberdare General Hospital site are set to go before councillors for a decision. A full planning application for 299 homes on the site on Abernant Road in Abernant is set to go before Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s planning committee on Thursday, February 23.
The application site is made up of 17 hectares of land previously the site and grounds of Aberdare Hospital of which two hectares are previously developed land. The site is on the north western side of Abernant Road and north east of the river between Abernant and Robertstown on the lower eastern slopes of the Cynon Valley.
The planning report said that although it is very much part of Abernant, the site is close to the centre of Aberdare and would benefit from the amenities such as shops, pubs, schools, sport centre, the transport hub and other things. The area of woodland and a field on the south western boundary of the site are designated a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC) under the Local Development Plan, there are a number of group Tree Preservation Orders, some of the land is in a high coal risk area, there is an archaeological importance to the site and some of it is vulnerable to low risk overland flow flooding, the report said.
