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Torfaen planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Torfaen County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Torfaen website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
22,952Searchable applications
195Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,443 approved or refused records
2,289Refused applications

18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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More application records

  1. Decided08/P/00216(W)

    Two Storey Rear Extension

    5 Waun Rd Cwmbran NP447JN

    Received 10 Apr 2008
  2. Decided08/P/00215(E)

    Single storey rear extension

    12 Hafod Rd Ponthir Newport NP181GH

    Received 10 Apr 2008
  3. Decided08/P/00214(W)

    Change Shop Front back to Residential Use (Living Room)

    17 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DW

    Received 10 Apr 2008
  4. Decided08/P/00213(W)

    Tin shed adjacent to unit 24, to become a community cafe - sound proof (isolation booth) - storage.

    Unit 24 North Pontypool Industrial Park Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6PB

    Received 10 Apr 2008
  5. Withdrawn08/P/00212(W)

    Residential

    L& At Emlyn Rd Talywain Pontypool

    Received 22 Apr 2008
  6. Decided08/P/00211(W)

    Shop sign

    29 Gwent SQ Cwmbran NP441PS

    Received 10 Apr 2008
  7. Decided08/P/00188(E)

    Proposed rear extension

    11 Ventnor Rd Cwmbran NP443JY

    Received 1 Apr 2008
  8. Decided08/P/00187(W)

    Proposed rear extension and provision of single car park space to frontage of site

    65 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QY

    Received 1 Apr 2008
  9. Decided08/P/00186(W)

    New dwelling

    Plot 14 Former Pentwyn Primary SCH SCH Rd Pentwyn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 17 Jun 2008
  10. Decided08/P/00185(W)

    New Garage

    1 Martindale Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JP

    Received 1 Apr 2008
  11. Decided08/P/00183(W)

    Two storey extension, replacement flat roof with pitched and detached double garage accessed via extended driveway

    Vine Tree Hill Top Cwmbran NP443NY

    Received 31 Mar 2008
  12. Decided07/P/00516(W)

    Conversion of existing barn to dwelling

    Cefn Coch Blaen Y Cwm Road Pantygasseg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6UA

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  13. Decided07/P/00515(W)

    Construction of conservatory

    42 Rose Cottages Woodl&S Talywain Pontypool NP4 7JL

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  14. Decided07/P/00514(E)

    Proposed conservatory to rear

    Old Rectory Church Lane New Inn Pontypool

    Received 10 Dec 2007
  15. Decided07/P/00513(E)

    Change of use of first and second floor from retail/comercial to 1 No. Maisonette

    31 Commercial St Pontypool NP4 6JQ

    Received 6 Dec 2007
  16. Decided07/P/00512(E)

    Proposed two storey garage, bedroom extension with additional utility, office area on ground floor

    Caithness Sunlea Crescent Pontypool NP4 8AD

    Received 7 Dec 2007
  17. Decided08/P/00334(W)

    Two storey extension to rear of property to add an extra bedroom and extend kitchen downstairs.

    4 Dorallt Way Henllys Cwmbran NP446HW

    Received 6 Jun 2008
  18. Decided08/P/00285(E)

    Conversion of dwelling to two no. flats

    6 STN Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441NY

    Received 12 May 2008
  19. Decided08/P/00284(W)

    Two storey rear extension

    95 The Crescent Cwmbran NP447JQ

    Received 9 May 2008
  20. Decided08/P/00283(W)

    Land reclamation scheme involving ground stabilisation (by removal of underground voids (including the removal of coal by opencast methods) and treatment of mine entries), remediation of contamination and underground and surface drainage and restoration of the whole to part suitable of development (including compaction)

    The British Talywain Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 12 May 2008
  21. Decided08/P/00123(W)

    Reserved matters for installation of internal road infrastructure and landscaping relating to outline planning permission 03/P/008497

    West Of Former Pentwyn Cty Prim SCH Pentwyn Pontypool.

    Received 3 Mar 2008
  22. Withdrawn08/P/00121(W)

    Retention of garage to rear (Retrospective application)

    5 Alex&Ra Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5BJ

    Received 4 Mar 2008
  23. Decided08/P/00120(W)

    Change of use from Health Clinic to office accomodation class D1 to B1(cash office).

    Fairwater Health Clinic Ton Rd Cwmbran NP44 4TZ

    Received 3 Mar 2008
  24. Decided08/P/00118(E)

    Single storey extension & replacement conservatory to rear of property

    87 C&WR Park Ponthir Newport NP181HN

    Received 4 Mar 2008

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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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