A planning application by the Diocese of Menevia to demolish the church in Queen’s Road and erect a housing development to fund a new church in Penparacu was withdrawn last week.
Church bosses ordered the closure of the church in November on safety grounds and since then the congregation has been forced to attend services in the Morlan Centre and St Padarn’s School.
Worshippers have now been left not knowing what the future holds.
It is not known whether a new application for the demolition of St Winefride’s will be made, if the new church in Penparcau will be built or if the existing church will be renovated, as the diocese did not respond to calls for a comment.
Ceredigion County Council’s planning authority has this week confirmed that the planning application, and Conservation Area Consent application, concerning the demolition of St Winefride’s Church, and the erection of a residential development, were both formally withdrawn on 28 November.
Many members of the congregation, heritage groups and the town council had been opposing the demolition of St Winefride’s.
Opponents in the church have been arguing that the cost of repairing St Winefride’s are not as great as claimed by the diocese and say a new church in Penparcau would be inconvenient for worshippers without cars.