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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided99/P/02985

    conservatory to rear of property

    6 Nant-Y-Milwr CL Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 5 May 1999
  2. Decided97/P/01662

    new dwelling

    Site Adj To Kears Row Varteg Nr Blaenavon

    Received 18 Nov 1997
  3. Decided97/P/01629

    concrete block shed rendered with a flat roof

    10 Stafford Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LJ

    Received 27 Oct 1997
  4. Unknown97/P/01143

    erection of a wooden garden shed 23.3 cubic metres in volume and 4.2 metres distant from the wall of the house/garage

    20 C&WR Park Ponthir Newport NP6 1HL

    Received 28 May 1997
  5. Unknown97/P/01108

    Residential and associated infrastructure

    Croes-Y-Mwyalch Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 12 May 1997
  6. Decided97/P/00892

    Shop sign

    5 Windsor Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5HY

    Received 27 Feb 1997
  7. Decided93/P/17986

    Shop fascia sign

    Dorothy Perkins 3 The Mall Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 26 Apr 1993
  8. Decided92/P/17472

    new access to flat over shop

    9 South Street Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DY

    Received 12 Nov 1992
  9. Decided92/P/17439

    Loft Conversion

    9 Llanover Rd Est Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 9 Oct 1992
  10. Decided96/P/20550

    rear extension to replace conservatory

    59 Afon CL New Inn Pontypool

    Received 17 Jan 1996
  11. Decided96/P/00597

    provision of hardstanding for parking at front of property

    15 Usk Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AG

    Received 6 Nov 1996
  12. Decided96/P/00057

    conservatory extension ancilliary to the domestic use that would have been permitted development under the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (GPD) Order 1995

    28 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1DB

    Received 25 Apr 1996
  13. Decided98/P/01934

    2 No. residential dwellings

    32 Pentrepiod Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 18 Mar 1998
  14. Decided95/P/20348

    siting of a caravan during renovation of chapel

    Bethel Chapel Tram Rd Upper Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 19 Oct 1995
  15. Decided94/P/19454

    conversion and change of use from chapel to 2 No. dwellings

    Bethel Chapel Tram Rd Upper Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 27 Sept 1994
  16. Decided94/P/18795

    single storey rear dining room extension

    23 Chapel Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 9 Mar 1994
  17. Decided02/P/06610

    conversion of flat roofs to sloping

    107 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LY

    Received 9 Apr 2002
  18. Decided01/P/06037

    brewery signage-externally illuminated

    Crows Nest Llangorse Rd Llanyrafon

    Received 26 Sept 2001
  19. Decided00/P/04930

    single storey school development - 3 classrooms

    George St Primary SCH Wainfelin Rd Pontypool

    Received 29 Nov 2000
  20. Decided95/P/20504

    conservatory outside kitchen

    5 Railway Tce Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9BY

    Received 20 Dec 1995
  21. Decided95/P/20225

    proposed four bedroom detached dwelling

    L& Off Primrose CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran

    Received 30 Aug 1995
  22. Decided95/P/19756

    fascia sign projecting sign

    1 The Mall Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Feb 1995
  23. Decided94/P/19572

    change of use to bus depot

    42684 Pontnewynydd Ind Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 21 Nov 1994
  24. Decided00/P/04378

    resiting of approved garage and change of use of agricultural land to domestic garden

    New Dwelling Coed Yr Eos Valentine Rd Abersychan

    Received 12 Jul 2000

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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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