Plans for almost 300 houses on the site of the former Aberdare General Hospital site have been approved. Proposals for 299 homes on the site on Abernant Road in Abernant were given the go-ahead by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s planning committee on Thursday, February 23.
The site is made up of 17 hectares of land which was 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 was very much part of Abernant, the site was close to the centre of Aberdare and would benefit from the amenities such as shops, pubs, schools, sport centre and the transport hub. The area of woodland and a field on the site are designated a site of interest for natural conservation (SINC) under the council's local development plan, and there are a number of group tree preservation orders. The report added that some of the land is in a high coal risk area and there is archaeological importance to the site, some of which is vulnerable to low risk flooding.
