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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided01/P/05236

    2 single sided free standing pole units (1.80M Pole)

    Park Gate Garage Usk Rd Pontymoile Pontypool

    Received 28 Mar 2001
  2. Decided00/P/04658

    change of use of public open space to garden

    11 Llanerch Path Windsor Rd Fairwater Cwmbran

    Received 5 Sept 2000
  3. Decided02/P/06490

    office accommodation (Voluntary Organisation)

    10 Monnow CRT Thornhill Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 7 Mar 2002
  4. Unknown01/P/06056

    portal framed lean-to off the existing farm building which is 5.5 M at eaves

    Sluvad End Farm Panteg Pontypool

    Received 3 Oct 2001
  5. Decided01/P/05585

    conversion of flat roof to pitched roof

    9 Warwick CL Maes Y Rhiw Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 5NG

    Received 29 Jun 2001
  6. Decided01/P/05045

    name sign fixed to a rough stone wall

    Park St Blaenavon

    Received 30 Jan 2001
  7. Decided00/P/04951

    change of use from commercial (partially constructed but never completed shop) to residential double garage

    23 Tranch Rd Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 7 Dec 2000
  8. Decided00/P/04681

    single storey rear extension, amendment to access and landscape/fencing repairs to facilitate use as day nursery

    New Inn Methodist Church The Highway New Inn Pontypool

    Received 7 Sept 2000
  9. Decided00/P/03857

    residential - plot 3

    Res Development Off Tan Y Coed Lewis Wood Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 1 Mar 2000
  10. Decided99/P/02970

    change of use from B2 to B8 distribution warehouse

    Duel Hse Ty Coch Way Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran

    Received 27 Apr 1999
  11. Decided98/P/02144

    removal of two thorn bushes (trees)

    Brookwood Hse Ty Trappa Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 9 Jun 1998
  12. Decided97/P/01675

    to crown lift - thin out - reduce height of trees

    12A Meyricks Coed Eva Cwmbran NP44 6TU

    Received 25 Nov 1997
  13. Decided02/P/06684

    security fence and gate (galvanised steel 2.4 m high over 31 m length)

    44/49 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 25 Apr 2002
  14. Decided01/P/06242

    amendment to existing approval for residential development of 2 new build bungalows

    L& Adj To 56 Golf Rd New Inn

    Received 27 Nov 2001
  15. Withdrawn01/P/06209

    repairs and alterations to two 19th century school buildings using sandstone, bricks, slate & mortars to match existing. Some demolition of later extensions to both buildings construction of a single storey building on the site in sandstone & planar glazing with lead and profiled metal roofs to link the school buildings and form an interpretation centre for the blaenavon world heritage site

    St Peter's SCH Church Rd Blaenavon

    Received 19 Nov 2001
  16. Decided01/P/05251

    single storey bedroom extension

    Panorama Bunalow Leigh Rd Trevethin

    Received 4 Apr 2001
  17. Decided00/P/04007

    extension to restaurant area

    Tintern House William Brown Close Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AB

    Received 22 Mar 2000
  18. Withdrawn94/P/19441

    change of use to print section

    Gasboard Showroom Hanbury Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 23 Sept 1994
  19. Withdrawn02/P/06417

    conservation based repairs and alterations to the fabric components of the pit bank assemblage of buildings

    Big Pit Mining Museum Nat Mining Museum Of Wales Blaenafon Torfaen

    Received 11 Feb 2002
  20. Withdrawn02/P/06336

    alterations and repairs to the existing tarmac access road including traffic calming island and new chicane at cattle grid. Materials generally concrete kerbs, tarmac and natural stone

    Big Pit Mining Museum Blaenafon Torfaen

    Received 4 Jan 2002
  21. Decided01/P/06230

    erection of sun lounge

    10 Oaks CRT Snatchwood Pontypool

    Received 22 Nov 2001
  22. Decided01/P/05833

    front extension

    57 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QY

    Received 17 Aug 2001
  23. Decided01/P/05502

    garage to house car

    L& Off Chapel Rd Pentrepiod Pontnewynydd

    Received 6 Jun 2001
  24. Decided01/P/05268

    remove a cracked branch from a beech tree

    The Beeches Nursing Home Church Rd Blaenavon

    Received 17 Apr 2001

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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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