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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
23,049Searchable applications
195Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,534 approved or refused records
2,297Refused applications

18,237 approved · 2,297 refused · 1,011 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jul 1987 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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  1. Decided01/P/05273

    car hardstanding

    34 Folly View Penygarn Pontypool

    Received 18 Apr 2001
  2. Decided98/P/02333

    renewal of planning permission 93/P/18323 for two detached houses

    42525 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LF

    Received 19 Aug 1998
  3. Decided98/P/02199

    detached house and garden

    Plot 20 Pine Gardens Pontypool

    Received 25 Jun 1998
  4. Decided94/P/19657

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

    Junc Of Market St On Grass Verge Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 16 Dec 1994
  5. Decided02/P/06561

    shop sign fascia and projecting sign

    Retail Unit 3 General Rees SQ Cwmbran

    Received 20 Mar 2002
  6. Decided01/P/05474

    Erection of leisure complex including multi screen cinema and restaurant/cafe bar/public house (amendment to planning application 00/P/04040)

    Former Multi Storey Car Park Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 30 May 2001
  7. Decided00/P/04770

    new front porch/cloakroom and attached garage

    8 Meadow CL Lansdowne Sebastopol

    Received 10 Oct 2000
  8. Decided97/P/00854

    single storey extension for bedroom

    43 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran NP44 7NX

    Received 20 Feb 1997
  9. Withdrawn93/P/18554

    new access to highway

    Penygarn Hse Penygarn Pontypool

    Received 5 Nov 1993
  10. Decided93/P/18275

    conversion of existing vacant office building into 5no. flats

    13 Victoria St Old Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 30 Jul 1993
  11. Decided93/P/18094

    Garden gazebo garden greenhouse

    24 Bluebell CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 3 Jun 1993
  12. Decided93/P/17871

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of new private garage

    Garden L& At Rear Of Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 15 Mar 1993
  13. Decided99/P/03230

    white UPVC edwardian conservatory to rear elevation

    1 Oakdale Path Off Greenmeadow Way Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 5 Aug 1999
  14. Decided94/P/18981

    Change restaurant to bed sit for owners use

    23 BRD St Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 18 Apr 1994
  15. Decided00/P/04088

    shop sign above ceiling height fascia type projecting box

    Units 19 21 23 & 25 The Parade Cwmbran

    Received 20 Apr 2000
  16. Decided99/P/03569

    concrete sectional garage on existing hardstand

    77 Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9LR

    Received 1 Dec 1999
  17. Decided99/P/03248

    trimming of overhanging branches on neighbouring property and main road

    Greenlawn Social Club 137 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PH

    Received 9 Aug 1999
  18. Decided99/P/02978

    installation of telecommunication equipment 2 - No. 3.7 M dish antenna at ground level 1 - No. 0.9 M dish antenna

    NTL/Cti Pontypool Transmitting STN Penyrheol Pontypool

    Received 30 Apr 1999
  19. Decided99/P/02933

    fell trees overhanging buildings, trim trees/bushes against The Highway, general thinning and pruning of non specimen trees in A2 to encourage crown formation and natural regeneration

    L& BTWN Polo Grounds Ind Est & The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 13 Apr 1999
  20. Decided98/P/02107

    single storey extension to front

    9 Leicester Drive Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 27 May 1998
  21. Decided97/P/01636

    blocking up of delapidated steel window (1937) to rear of building

    Blaenavon Post Office Prince St Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 6 Nov 1997
  22. Withdrawn97/P/01117

    construction of a vehicular track and a turning area in park

    Public Park Adj To Hollybush Way Cwmbran

    Received 19 May 1997
  23. Withdrawn01/P/05092

    remove mineral working deposits

    L& Off The B4248 Blaenavon

    Received 15 Feb 2001
  24. Decided00/P/04656

    take down existing garage and make a hardstanding for two cars

    Imara Hosp Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 5 Sept 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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