A bowling alley that once featured in Netflix comedy Sex Education will be turned into housing after councillors approved plans for the site. The Rhondda Bowl Skittle Alley in Tonyrefail excited locals when it was featured in the hit show's third season back in 2021.
But the site now looks set for a different future after a council planning committee approved plans for a 100% affordable housing scheme made up of 20 houses and flats at the alley on Waunrhydd Road on Thursday, June 22.
This was a reserved matters application to consider matters such as access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale. The original outline application for the demolition of the Rhondda Bowl and the residential redevelopment of the site was allowed on appeal in 2017.