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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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More application records

  1. Decided97/P/01126

    proposed rear kitchen bedroom extension

    11 Clifton Tce Phillips St Blaenavon NP4 9QR

    Received 23 May 1997
  2. Decided96/P/00548

    aluminium greenhouse - glazed with glass. Size 1920mm X 2542mm X 1920mm

    7 Glengariff CRT Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5LY

    Received 21 Oct 1996
  3. Decided96/P/00222

    affix a new shop sign logo

    Dixons Store 26 South Walk Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran

    Received 24 Jun 1996
  4. Decided95/P/20102

    double storey extension

    6 Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 7 Jul 1995
  5. Decided95/P/19940

    class A1 non food retail use

    Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 10 May 1995
  6. Decided02/P/06849

    outline planning for one bungalow

    Ty Newydd Off St Davids CL Penygarn Pontypool

    Received 27 May 2002
  7. Withdrawn02/P/06727

    single storey rear dining room extension

    152 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran

    Received 3 May 2002
  8. Decided02/P/06605

    replace existing dilapidated asbestos garage with new garage

    Glasfryn 4 The Ave New Inn Pontypool

    Received 25 Mar 2002
  9. Decided01/P/06069

    single storey extension

    Larchmere Crown Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran

    Received 5 Oct 2001
  10. Decided01/P/06022

    change of use to garden land

    L& Adj 199 Henllys Way Cwmbran

    Received 27 Sept 2001
  11. Decided01/P/05031

    Renewal of consent 97/P/01691 for a two storey dwelling house and garage

    Greggwood Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 24 Jan 2001
  12. Decided00/P/04925

    proposed conservatory to the rear of the property

    28 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran

    Received 4 Dec 2000
  13. Decided99/P/03386

    residential development

    L& At King St Blaenavon

    Received 29 Sept 1999
  14. Decided99/P/02766

    converting 3 No. units 1E, 1 bedsit, 1 bedroom flat and a 2 bedroom house into one dwelling unit. Plus small extension and closing of footway

    59/60/61 Teynes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 10 Feb 1999
  15. Decided98/P/02228

    conversion of disused barn to three cottages

    Coed Farm Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 13 Jul 1998
  16. Decided92/P/17664

    bedroom extension above existing extension

    15 Millers Ride Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Dec 1992
  17. Decided98/P/02414

    construcation of new highway retaining wall and change of use of parking area to garden

    2 Hafod Rd Ponthir NP6 1GN

    Received 22 Sept 1998
  18. Decided98/P/02335

    16 beds new build nursing home/residential home

    L& At JCT Of Mill Rd & George St Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 20 Aug 1998
  19. Decided97/P/00815

    modification of condition 27 attached to 94/P/19290 to extend the period for which the development must begin to three years

    Former Boral Edenhall Varteg Rd Blaenavon

    Received 3 Feb 1997
  20. Decided96/P/00560

    kitchen & bathroom extension

    24 Herberts Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool

    Received 25 Oct 1996
  21. Decided95/P/20380

    to locate a steel box measuring approx 20ins X 20ins X 2ft 8ins bolted to a concrete plinth set in the ground

    Coed Lee CRT Coed Eva Mill Cwmbran

    Received 31 Oct 1995
  22. Decided95/P/20161

    alterations and erection of a two storey kitchen bedroom/ bathroom extension

    Grove Farm Hse Cwmafon Pontypool Gwent

    Received 3 Aug 1995
  23. Decided95/P/19923

    erection of one residential dwelling

    2A The Beeches Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 1 May 1995
  24. Decided94/P/19636

    to locate a steel box measuring approx 20 ins X 20 ins X 2ft 8 ins bolted to a concrete plinth

    Hollybush Way Hollybush Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 16 Dec 1994

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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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