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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. Decided08/P/00310(E)

    Proposed side extension

    C E S Ltd Unit 37-38 John Baker CL Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran NP443AX

    Received 27 May 2008
  2. Decided08/P/00309(E)

    Loft Conversion

    20 Clos Afon Llwyd Pontypool NP4 6DA

    Received 27 May 2008
  3. Decided07/P/00391(E)

    Two storey rear extension to create bedroom and extended bedroom

    176 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran NP44 3EH

    Received 9 Oct 2007
  4. Decided08/P/00105(W)

    Loft extension with front & rear dormers

    35 Tranch Rd Pontypool NP4 6AW

    Received 25 Feb 2008
  5. Decided08/P/00104(E)

    Extension to front providing ground floor bedroom

    2 James St Penygarn Pontypool NP4 8BY

    Received 26 Feb 2008
  6. Decided08/P/00034(W)

    Alterations to boundary wall/fence for visibility.

    122 High St Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7AE

    Received 23 Jan 2001
  7. Decided08/P/00033(W)

    Crown reduce the Lime tree to original cuts, remove epicormic growth on main trunk and remove all dead wood on Lime tree, and crown lift, selectively thin branches and remove all dead wood on Beech tree

    New Chapel CRT Waun Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 76N

    Received 23 Jan 2008
  8. Decided07/P/00346(E)

    Erection of sun lounge

    124 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0LY

    Received 17 Sept 2007
  9. Decided07/P/00341(W)

    Two storey side extension and single storey front garage extension

    10 Glansychan Hses Factory Lane Abersychan Torfaen

    Received 17 Sept 2007
  10. Decided07/P/00345(E)

    Construction of drive thru restaurant (Class A3) and hotel (Class C1) and associated parking and servicing

    Land At Lower Mill Fields Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0XB

    Received 14 Sept 2007
  11. Decided08/P/00077(E)

    Use ground floor "Granny Annex" as a separate one bedroom apartment, no building works required

    Fomer SCH Rooms Mount Pleasant Church Mount Pleasant Manse Hanbury Rd Pontypool NP4 6JL

    Received 12 Feb 2008
  12. Decided08/P/00076(E)

    Portal Frame building for factory warehouse

    Eastern Valley Chemicals Unit 5 Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9RL

    Received 11 Feb 2008
  13. Decided08/P/00075(W)

    Demolition of concrete platform, construction of four parking spaces and adjacent footway

    L& Adj To 190 Oaksford Cwmbran NP446UQ

    Received 11 Feb 2008
  14. Decided07/P/00485(E)

    Coloured shop sign and Projected shop sign

    31 Commercial St Pontypool NP4 6JQ

    Received 7 Nov 2007
  15. Decided07/P/00484(E)

    Fell silver birch tree

    Flats 1-12 Hafod Gardens Caerleon Rd Ponthir Newport NP18 1GE

    Received 26 Nov 2007
  16. Decided07/P/00483(W)

    Four face fixed signs

    Proposed Leisure Development Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 23 Nov 2007
  17. Decided07/P/00482(E)

    Install secure steel container (storage) 6.10m by 2.5m height 2.6m

    The Resource Centre Folly Lane Trevethin Pontypool

    Received 23 Nov 2007
  18. Decided07/P/00177(E)

    Change of use from flowershop to residential apartment on ground floor only

    5A George St Pontypool NP4 6LR

    Received 25 Jun 2007
  19. Decided07/P/00176(W)

    Erection of barn for goat dairy business and smallholding and the change of use to include the keeping of horses for personal use

    Mountain View Henllys Cwmbran NP44 7AS

    Received 25 Aug 2009
  20. Decided07/P/00175(E)

    Installation of a 22.5m high lattice tower complete with three antennas, two dish antennas, two radio equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto.

    Ponthir Waste Water Treatment C&WR Lane Ponthir NP18 1PG

    Received 22 Jun 2007
  21. Decided07/P/00174(E)

    Porch and wc

    84 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HZ

    Received 21 Jun 2007
  22. Decided07/P/00173(W)

    Outline application for two dwellings

    L& Adj To Birchill Cottage New Rd Varteg Pontypool

    Received 22 Jun 2007
  23. Decided07/P/00109(E)

    Change of use - convert into pizza/chicken takeaway

    125 The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0PH

    Received 23 May 2007
  24. Decided07/P/00108(E)

    Ground floor gabled roof extension to the front and a ground and first floor gabled extension to the side of the property

    40 Ashford CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442AY

    Received 23 May 2007

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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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