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Wood Road, Pontypridd

Key Features

  • Planning permission granted
  • Highly desirable location for students
  • Walking distance to university
  • Strong projected rental yields
  • Rare opportunity in a high-demand location

Description

SUMMARY
An exceptional opportunity to acquire a well-located development site with full planning permission for eight modern one-bedroom apartments, situated in one of Pontypridd’s most sought-after investment hotspots.

DESCRIPTION
An exceptional opportunity to acquire a well-located development site with full planning permission for eight modern one-bedroom apartments, situated in one of Pontypridd’s most sought-after investment hotspots.

Positioned just moments from the University of South Wales Treforest Campus, this site offers huge appeal for student accommodation, young professionals, and long-term rental demand.

The area benefits from excellent transport links, local amenities, and strong year-round tenant interest — making it an ideal addition to any investor or developer’s portfolio.

Agent Note
Please note that an AML fee is chargeable to the buyer once an offer is accepted to cover the cost of carrying out the required identity and anti-money laundering checks. Once these checks have been completed, the fee cannot be refunded, even if the property purchase does not go ahead.

Please note that an AML fee is chargeable once an offer is accepted to cover the cost of carrying out the required identity and anti-money laundering checks.

1. MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS: Intending purchasers will be asked to produce identification documentation at a later stage and we would ask for your co-operation in order that there will be no delay in agreeing the sale.
2. General: While we endeavour to make our sales particulars fair, accurate and reliable, they are only a general guide to the property and, accordingly, if there is any point which is of particular importance to you, please contact the office and we will be pleased to check the position for you, especially if you are contemplating travelling some distance to view the property.
3. The measurements indicated are supplied for guidance only and as such must be considered incorrect.
4. Services: Please note we have not tested the services or any of the equipment or appliances in this property, accordingly we strongly advise prospective buyers to commission their own survey or service reports before finalising their offer to purchase.
5. THESE PARTICULARS ARE ISSUED IN GOOD FAITH BUT DO NOT CONSTITUTE REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR FORM PART OF ANY OFFER OR CONTRACT. THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN THESE PARTICULARS SHOULD BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY PROSPECTIVE BUYERS OR TENANTS. NEITHER PETER ALAN NOR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS HAS ANY AUTHORITY TO MAKE OR GIVE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATEVER IN RELATION TO THIS PROPERTY.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
C
Date Posted
2026-03-28

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Parclewis Primary School184 metres
    Pupils
    270
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • St Michaels Primary692 metres
    Pupils
    248
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Coedpenmaen County Primary0.8 miles
    Pupils
    209
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Gymraeg Evan James0.9 miles
    Pupils
    310
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
  • Maes-Y-Coed Primary School1 mile
    Pupils
    248
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision

Secondary

  • Cardinal Newman R.C.1.3 miles
    Pupils
    980
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-16)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Afon Wen1.5 miles
    Pupils
    1,165
    Type
    Middle (ages 3-16)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Bro Taf2.1 miles
    Pupils
    902
    Type
    Middle (ages 3-16)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Garth Olwg2.1 miles
    Pupils
    1,210
    Type
    Middle (ages 3-19)
    Language
    Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
  • Bryncelynnog Comprehensive School2.8 miles
    Pupils
    1,348
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-19)
    Language
    English medium school / provision

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Treforest Express, Pontypridd119 metres
Sainsburys Pontypridd, Pontypridd720 metres
Tesco Pontypridd Taff St Express, Pontypridd0.7 miles

GP surgery

The Ashgrove Surgery0.9 miles

Pharmacy

Treforest Pharmacy309 metres

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces71 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Trefforest Rail Station458 metres

Nearest bus stop

Princess Street85 metres

Typical drive times

Porth12 min · 4.3 miles
Abercynon12 min · 5 miles
Treharris14 min · 6.6 miles
Pontypridd5 min · 1.3 miles
Cardiff (city)27 min · 12 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Natural Resources Wales flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

£14.99 · one-off purchase

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94 Taff Street, Pontypridd, CF37 4SL

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