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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided93/P/18581

    HV reinforcement & strengthening by dismantling and erection of new poles - Stage 1

    Pantegasseg Pontypool

    Received 17 Nov 1993
  2. Decided93/P/17774

    to prune trees

    Cwmavon Lodge Vicarage Lane Abersychan Pontypool Gwent

    Received 4 Feb 1993
  3. Decided01/P/05111

    conversion of garage to family room with proposed bedroom over first floor

    18 Clover CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran

    Received 21 Feb 2001
  4. Decided00/P/04805

    replacement double demountable classroom unit (demolish existing)

    Victoria School Lower Harpers Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PW

    Received 12 Oct 2000
  5. Decided94/P/19329

    new dwelling

    2A The Beeches Freeholdl& Pontypool Gwent

    Received 11 Aug 1994
  6. Decided94/P/19183

    install a receive only satellite antenna

    Adj To The Yew Tree Inn (PH) Penygarn Rd Trevethin Pontypool Gwent

    Received 29 Jun 1994
  7. Decided94/P/18819

    permission to hold car boot sales

    Fairwater Leisure Centre Ty Gwyn Way Fairwater Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 25 Feb 1994
  8. Decided93/P/18500

    residential development of 21 No. houses for rent

    Site Off Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool

    Received 18 Oct 1993
  9. Decided93/P/17825

    Housing Development

    Fairfield Talywain Pontypool Gwent

    Received 4 Mar 1993
  10. Decided99/P/02773

    single storey toilet/utility extension

    16 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 11 Feb 1999
  11. Decided99/P/02738

    proposed alterations of garage to study room

    14 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 29 Jan 1999
  12. Decided98/P/02557

    demolition of existing buildings and the construction of a new Asda Store, retail units, 2 level car parking service yards, alterations to existing buildings

    Cwmbran Town Centre Llywelyn Rd To The West Caradoc Rd To The North The Para & Tudor Rd To The South

    Received 18 Nov 1998
  13. Decided98/P/01875

    24 bed nursing home with covered walkway link to existing nursing home

    Site To North Of Sunnybank Nursing Home Off Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 2 Mar 1998
  14. Decided97/P/01266

    installation of automated teller machine

    Midl& Bank BRD St Blaenavon

    Received 9 Jul 1997
  15. Decided97/P/00956

    crown lift and topped to 5 metres remove all dead wood and overhanging bough

    72 Daffodil Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JG

    Received 18 Mar 1997
  16. Decided94/P/19450

    garage extension

    1 Ysgol PL West Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1HH

    Received 26 Sept 1994
  17. Decided94/P/19371

    single storey relocatable sectional building

    Unit 55 Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 23 Aug 1994
  18. Decided00/P/04923

    single storey additions internal alterations and demolition of existing extension and storage

    Ty Glyn Albion Rd Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 4 Dec 2000
  19. Decided00/P/04412

    bedroom/shower room extension

    17 CRT Farm Rd Cwmbran

    Received 28 Jul 2000
  20. Decided96/P/00159

    conversion of barn into dwelling and provision of new septic tank drainage system

    Barn At Pentre Bach Farm Llantarnam Nr Newport Gwent

    Received 3 Jun 1996
  21. Decided97/P/01205

    3 M X 6.75 M ground floor extension to rear of property to enlarge kitchen & dining room

    44 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran NP44 8ST

    Received 10 Jun 1997
  22. Decided97/P/00935

    replacement of furnace chimney revised application

    Owens Corning Bpe Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 14 Mar 1997
  23. Decided96/P/00620

    new pitched roof to replace defective flat roof to existing garage

    20 Ruth Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QJ

    Received 13 Nov 1996
  24. Decided96/P/00101

    garage to rear of property

    73 Victoria St Old Cwmbran NP44 3JW

    Received 10 May 1996

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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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