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Empty Commercial Properties

Are you looking for an empty commercial property in the Vale of Glamorgan for your business?

Our Regeneration team can assist you! 

Commercial Property

 

Our property database has the most up to date listings of land and property currently available in the Vale of Glamorgan which can help you find a property that meets your requirements.  It includes properties owned privately as well as Council owned or managed commercial units. 


Vale of Glamorgan Property Search

 

If you own a property or you are an agent looking to let or sell a property which does not currently appear in our database, please contact us with the relevant property details and we will add them to our database.

 

For enquiries regarding finding a suitable property or to have a property added to the database, please contact: 

 

  

Do you own an empty commercial property? 

The Vale of Glamorgan Council may be able to assist you in bringing it back into use with the following:   


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Transforming Towns: Town Centre Loan Scheme (2025-2031)

A loan scheme that helps fund regeneration activities in Town Centres across the Vale of Glamorgan. The scheme is funded by Welsh Government Transforming Towns Programme (Repayable by the Council to Welsh Government by 2031). 

 

  • Commercial Property Improvement Loan
    Commercial Property Improvement Loan - the loan is available to commercial building owners of empty commercial buildings within town centres. Its purpose is to transform buildings, to enhance building frontages together with the upgrade of vacant commercial floor space to bring it back into beneficial business use.

     

  • Town Centre Residential Loan 

    Town Centre Residential Loan includes eligible expenditure deemed necessary to create new residential (market housing) accommodation on upper floors of empty buildings in a town centre. The Town Centre Residential Loan can only be approved alongside commercial works (Commercial Property Improvement Loan) and not as a standalone scheme.

     

     

    The priority of this scheme is to prioritise town centre activity, the creation of commercial units and offering to the town and not for the conversion of commercial units into residential. For example, if a ground floor empty commercial unit is brought back into use, surplus space on the upper floor can be supported with funding for residential (market housing) purposes subject to planning consent etc.

     

     

    The minimum requirement from each scheme is 1x1 bedroom self-contained flat. Schemes should comply to the minimum floor space as recommended in the most up to date Welsh Housing Quality Standards, currently this is:

     

    I. 46m² per one bedroom flat

    II. 59m² per two bedroom flat

     

    Student accommodation, bedsits and studios are not eligible for loan funding.

 Please see below maps of the primary shopping districts in the town centres eligible for the loan: 

 

Please refer to the Guidance Notes to applicants before completing the Expression of Interest Form.  

 

  • Important information to be aware of:
    Application Fee - 2% fee of the loan amount will be payable before the loan is completed.

    Legal Charges - the Council will only consider securing a 1st or 2nd legal charge.

    Loan Security - the loan to value cannot exceed 80% of the property value including any other legal charges/lending secured against the property.

    First come, first served - the loan funding cannot be relied upon until legal documents have been completed, the funding will be allocated to eligible applications on a first come, first served basis that meet the eligibility criteria (and all supporting documents having been reviewed and satisfactory). In the case of eligible applications exceeding the available funding, the loans will be prioritised based on the impact of the development project on a town centre. 

    Loan Term - the maximum loan term is 3 years.

    Loan Payment(s) - loans are paid in arrears of works being completed, as per the loan agreements (staged payments for large projects).

     

    Property status - the property will need to be registered as empty/vacant (6+ months) with Business Rates.

Guidance Notes for Applicants
Expression of Interest

Converting from Commercial to Residential

If you are thinking of converting a commercial property into a residential (subject to planning consent) then we may be able to help you with an Interest Free Empty Property Landlord Loan.

 

We can also link you to a Registered Social Landlord who may be able to work with you or may be interested in buying the property from you.

 

 

Empty Property Strategy 2025 - 2030

We want your thoughts to help shape the Empty Property Strategy 2025 - 2030.


Your input will help inform a strategy that reflects local needs and delivers real lasting change for communities across the Vale. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

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Take Survey 

 

For enquiries regarding the assistance listed above, please contact:  

 

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