The plans will be decided by Bridgend County Borough Council in the coming months
Plans to transform a former Bridgend garden centre into a new gym have been submitted to the local council. The change of use proposal, if approved, would also see two new padel courts housed a the former Woodcraft Garden Centre building in Pyle.
The site on Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate contains a large single-storey commercial building that was recently used as a DIY and garden centre with an associated café facility.
The building, which is accessed directly off Heol Mostyn, features a large open retail floor area with ancillary spaces and service areas along with an existing car park at the front of the building.
A planning statement said: “The proposal seeks planning permission to change of use of the existing building to a gym and wellness facility alongside associated internal reconfiguration and minor external works.
“The development proposals include the conversion of the existing building to a modern gym and fitness facility; provision of training areas, changing facilities and wellness spaces; retention of the existing access and parking arrangements; demolition of a small lean-to extension to the rear and associated construction of two padel courts within the rear portion of the site.”
It added that the proposed operator, RO Fitness Gym, currently operates from an existing smaller unit in Pyle Road though intends to relocate and expand the gym to the new unit.
The application to turn the building into a gym was submitted to Bridgend County Borough Council in March. It will now be decided by authority’s planning department in the coming months.
It comes just weeks after separate plans were approved by the neighbouring Neath Port Talbot Council to open a 24-hour gym near the centre of Port Talbot.
This was put forward by the Foundry Gym Franchise in September 2025 for a facility in Port Talbot’s Aberafan shopping centre.
With permission granted in February the facility is now set to be developed in the unit that previously held the former Wilko retail store. You can read more about that here.
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