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Torfaen County Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Torfaen County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
12,781Searchable applications
185Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 11,114 approved or refused records
1,087Refused applications

10,027 approved · 1,087 refused · 546 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2004 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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More application records

  1. Decided18/P/0679/HH

    2 Storey and single storey extension

    20 Berkeley Crescent Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5EQ

    Received 2 Oct 2018
  2. Decided18/P/0680/CND

    Discharge of condition 3 (Landscaping details of lorry parking area) of planning permission 17/P/0295/FUL

    Ontario Building Pontyfelin Industrial Estate New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0DQ

    Received 1 Oct 2018
  3. Decided18/P/0682/FUL

    Change of use of ground floor retail unit from A1 (Retail) to B2 use (financial services)

    Old Market House 3 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ

    Received 3 Oct 2018
  4. Decided18/P/0684/HH

    Conversion of ground floor garage to living accommodation

    10 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SX

    Received 3 Oct 2018
  5. Decided18/P/0685/STAT

    Application to vary time condition for submission of reserved matters at Circuit of Wales motor sport facility (comprising: high performance circuit; motor cross circuit; karting circuit; four-wheel drive circuit; riding academy; innovation centre; hotels; retail showrooms; ancillary retail; industrial and business uses; driver training area; solar park; camping; parking; landscaping and associated uses

    Land North Of Rassau Industrial Estate Rassau Ebbw Vale NP23 5SD

    Received 1 Oct 2018
  6. Decided18/P/0687/CND

    Discharge of condition 11 (Acoustic validation report) & 12 (Bat survey) of planning permission 16/P/01043/FUL

    Former Belle Vue Nursery Bellevue Road Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LF

    Received 1 Oct 2018
  7. Decided18/P/0688/TPO

    Remove deadwood and lower limbs of 6 trees (5 oak, 1 beech), including crown lift to 3m by removing branches no greater than 100mm in diameter

    Land To Rear Of The Foresters Llanover Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HU

    Received 2 Oct 2018
  8. Decided18/P/0690/FUL

    Change of use of ground floor to dog grooming business

    22 Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG

    Received 4 Oct 2018
  9. Decided18/P/0691/HH

    Proposed Single storey side extension and front extension with garage and porch to dwellinghouse

    Darren House Upper Race Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XE

    Received 4 Oct 2018
  10. Decided18/P/0693/TPO

    T1 Beech - fell tree and T2 Oak - crown reduce tree by approximately 2m .

    111 Chester Close New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LU

    Received 4 Oct 2018
  11. Decided18/P/0695/VAR

    Renewal of application 11/P/00058 Change of Use of vacant barn to provide classroom facility/meeting rooms and indoor venue on open days

    Church Farm Church Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8AD

    Received 5 Oct 2018
  12. Decided18/P/0696/TPO

    Fell T12 Lime tree in rear garden -TPO 23.

    Evedene 16 Maesderwen Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LF

    Received 8 Oct 2018
  13. Decided18/P/0697/HH

    Attached shed to existing Summerhouse and porch

    1 Sunnybank Way Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BD

    Received 8 Oct 2018
  14. Decided18/P/0698/VAR

    Variation of condition 1, 5 and 19 of application 16/P/01095/FUL (erection of a Class B1/B2/B8 development with associated parking and access arrangements)

    Land At Woodside Way Woodside Way, Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AA

    Received 9 Oct 2018
  15. Decided18/P/0699/HH

    Single storey rear extension and replacement garage roof

    1 Forest Close Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TE

    Received 9 Oct 2018
  16. Decided18/P/0700/CND

    Discharge of condition 46 of 18/P/0260/FUL - Method Statement protection of water mains

    Former Meritor Site Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XU

    Received 9 Oct 2018
  17. Decided18/P/0701/NMA

    Amendment to planning permission 18/P/0009/HH - reduce width of extension by 0.5 metres and alter fenestration on rear elevation

    7A Upper Coedcae Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9JA

    Received 9 Oct 2018
  18. Decided18/P/0702/FUL

    Proposed change of use to B8 storage

    Hawkins Corn Stores Cross Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9EU

    Received 10 Oct 2018
  19. Decided18/P/0703/FUL

    New Shopfront with relocated entrance door to the right of shop front

    8 Fairwater Square Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TA

    Received 10 Oct 2018
  20. Decided18/P/0704/STAT

    Consultation from Caerphilly CBC on and application to Vary condition 8 of planning consent 18/0085/NCC (vary condition 8 of planning consent 15/0488/RET (Retain development previously approved under planning permission 11/0224/FUL for the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility with changes to construction details relating to the position of the digestate tanks, digestate lagoon, surplus gas flare, silage clamp and associated works and to change the use of the existing in vessel compositing building to an anaerobic digestion reception building and an in vessel composting facility) to enable the continuation of restricted Saturday and Bank Holiday hours (which have been operated under for the past three years) to enable collections to take place on Sundays

    Gelliargwellt Uchaf Farm Gelligaer Road Gelligaer Hengoed

    Received 10 Oct 2018
  21. Decided18/P/0705/TPO

    Removal of dead limb from T1 oakRemoval of ash T7Removal of willow T8Crown lifting of beech trees to 3 metres T2-5Removal of large limb overhanging Mill Lane T6

    Hendene 2 Tudor Woods Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SN

    Received 10 Oct 2018
  22. Decided18/P/0706/FUL

    Reconfiguration of existing waste transfer station (bulking, sorting & baling) used for household recycling including extension of external yard (change of use from open grassed area)

    Unit 7 - 8 Ty Coch Distribution Centre Ty Coch Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7HF

    Received 11 Oct 2018
  23. Decided18/P/0707/FUL

    Installation of a solar array and associated battery storage containers

    Trem Y Ffynnon Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TA

    Received 11 Oct 2018
  24. Decided18/P/0709/FUL

    Change of use of local authority amenity land to domestic garden land and erection of means of enclosure

    Hazelwood Pontrhydyrun Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SB

    Received 12 Oct 2018

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Torfaen County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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