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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
23,271Searchable applications
183Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,751 approved or refused records
2,321Refused applications

18,430 approved · 2,321 refused · 1,019 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Mar 1987 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided98/P/02622

    extend above existing bathroom to gain access to rear yard and parking area from first floor flat

    23 Edward St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 9 Dec 1998
  2. Decided98/P/02488

    extension to kitchen

    9 Jubilee Tce Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 22 Oct 1998
  3. Decided98/P/02148

    installation of demountable from existing school site

    Croesyceiliog Primary SCH North Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 9 Jun 1998
  4. Decided98/P/02103

    conservatory

    16 Commercial Rd Talywain Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 26 May 1998
  5. Decided97/P/01679

    extension to the ground floor at rear of property

    64 Caroline Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0QN

    Received 26 Nov 1997
  6. Decided97/P/01632

    new building to be used as a barn

    Gilwern Farm L& Off C&WR Lane Ponthir

    Received 4 Nov 1997
  7. Decided97/P/01498

    bedroom extension

    4 Coed Rd Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 11 Sept 1997
  8. Decided97/P/01158

    single storey dwelling and garage

    L& At Maes Yr On Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 3 Jun 1997
  9. Decided99/P/03379

    detailed planning permission no 98/P/02557. Amendment to retail units R1 & R2

    Cwmbran TC Adj Llywelyn Rd To The West Caradoc Rd The Parade & Tudor Rd

    Received 30 Sept 1999
  10. Decided93/P/18124

    Painted sign advertising 'Cordells Restaurant'

    Greenmeadow Community Farm Greenforge Way Cwmbran

    Received 15 Jun 1993
  11. Decided92/P/17435

    Shop signs

    Chips & Things 8 Clarence St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 7 Oct 1992
  12. Decided92/P/17314

    Garage

    1 Greenmeadow Cottage St Dials Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 13 Aug 1992
  13. Decided02/P/06301

    provision of combined footway/cycleway including segregation of existing footway and improvements to the highway

    Woodland Rd Junc With Social Centre To Maendy Way Via Edlogan Way & Caradoc Rd Cwmbran

    Received 9 Jan 2002
  14. Unknown00/P/04582

    relocate 2 x telephone kiosks

    Adj Bus Stop General Rees SQ Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 24 Aug 2000
  15. Decided00/P/04009

    dormer extension to first floor bathroom

    25 Orchard Farm Est Trevethin Pontypool

    Received 31 Mar 2000
  16. Decided99/P/03131

    kitchen extension

    127 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 22 Jun 1999
  17. Decided98/P/02514

    to upgrade lighting at high level on the main buildings and install 4M column light fitting on the drive and car park

    Heddlu Gwent Police HQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 29 Oct 1998
  18. Decided95/P/19840

    two storey extension to provide additional living accommodation

    32 Daffodil CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 28 Mar 1995
  19. Withdrawn87/P/12404

    Change of use from private dwelling to Red Cross Society Hall

    73 Trosnant St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 2 Jul 1987
  20. Decided87/P/12325

    Bathroom and kitchen extension

    11 Florence PL Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 12 Jun 1987
  21. Decided92/P/17181

    88 Residential units(20 X 2B/4P houses 10 X 3B/5P houses 10 X 1B/2P OAP flats 16 X 3B/4P and 32 X 2B/3P houses).

    L& Adj Teazer Public Hse The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 19 Jun 1992
  22. Decided96/P/00525

    warehouse loading bay extension

    Owens Corning Building Products Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog

    Received 17 Oct 1996
  23. Withdrawn95/P/20124

    98 dwelling houses (duplicate application)

    Abbey Farm Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 18 Jul 1995
  24. Decided95/P/19966

    single garage

    25 Park Crescent Penygarn Pontypool Gwent NP4 8BR

    Received 17 May 1995

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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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