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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided95/P/19745

    proposed retention of two double demountable classroom units

    Trevethin Comp SCH Penygarn Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 17 Feb 1995
  2. Decided95/P/19838

    to tip approx 60,000 CUM of inert soils which are surplus to the requirements of the A4042 Llantarnam By Pass Construction

    L& Belonging To Llantarnam Abbey To The East Of The New A4042 Llantarnam By Pass Chainage 2100-2280 LHS

    Received 28 Mar 1995
  3. Decided94/P/19587

    single storey porch/wc extension to front elevation

    127 Brynhyfryd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent NP44 2NS

    Received 28 Nov 1994
  4. Decided94/P/18996

    first floor extension

    9 Yew Tree Tce Hilltop Old Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3NU

    Received 26 Apr 1994
  5. Decided00/P/04401

    first floor extension to garage

    3 Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 26 Jul 2000
  6. Decided00/P/03836

    construction of three new dwellings

    Former Snatchwood Works North Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 23 Feb 2000
  7. Decided96/P/20616

    replacement garage

    Woodside Bungalow Turnpike Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 23 Feb 1996
  8. Decided95/P/19731

    one residential dwelling (renewal of 91/P/16268)

    Lyn Brae 17 Harpers Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent NP4 8QQ

    Received 7 Feb 1995
  9. Decided94/P/19515

    rear two storey extension garage to side internal alterations improvements to front elevation

    24 Pisgah Rd Talywain Pontypool Gwent

    Received 17 Oct 1994
  10. Decided94/P/19234

    two storey extension garage and utility and two bedrooms

    18 Ton Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 7LF

    Received 26 Jul 1994
  11. Decided94/P/18904

    one four bedroom detached house

    Plot 1 Rear Of Channel View Hse Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 18 Mar 1994
  12. Unknown99/P/03312

    change of use of land to a vehicle depot in association with existing warehouse facillities construction of a concrete hardstanding and security fence

    Exel Logistics Lower Mill Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RH

    Received 6 Sept 1999
  13. Decided99/P/02869

    extension to side and rear double garage to front

    34 Pontrydyrun Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 12 Mar 1999
  14. Decided99/P/02822

    garden land and concrete hardstanding

    L& Adj To 41 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 1 Mar 1999
  15. Decided97/P/01006

    removal of waste tip and settling pond to suitably licensed landfill site

    Avesta Sheffield Ltd Panteg Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 9 Apr 1997
  16. Decided92/P/17147

    porch on front of property

    43 Brynwern Pontypool Gwent

    Received 11 Jun 1992
  17. Decided94/P/19539

    proposed home for the elderly mentally infirm

    Parc Y Bont Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF

    Received 24 Oct 1994
  18. Decided94/P/19478

    1 X 48 sheet advertisement panel presently wall mounted

    21 Caradoc Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 4 Oct 1994
  19. Decided94/P/19312

    agricultural building (hay barn/lambing shed)

    Cwmffrwdoer Farm Plasycoed Pontypool Gwent

    Received 3 Aug 1994
  20. Decided94/P/18869

    single storey extension to front

    269 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 10 Mar 1994
  21. Decided93/P/18570

    detached house and garage

    LWR Part Of Bryn Carreg Harpers Rd Pontypool

    Received 15 Nov 1993
  22. Decided95/P/20031

    extension to barn to store hay and feed

    Idle Acres Llanfrechfa Gwent

    Received 13 Jun 1995
  23. Decided96/P/00112

    single storey rear lounge/diner extension

    117 Trostrey Hollybush Cwmbran

    Received 20 May 1996
  24. Decided95/P/20232

    construction of parking bays in tarmacadam and grasscrete blocks

    Chepstow CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 30 Aug 1995

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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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