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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided96/P/00427

    Extend existing working area

    Pantygasseg Small Mine Pantygasseg Pontypool

    Received 10 Sept 1996
  2. Decided96/P/00306

    first floor bedroom extension

    Min Yr Afon Incline Rd Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 24 Jul 1996
  3. Decided95/P/19864

    double detached garage

    8 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran

    Received 11 Apr 1995
  4. Decided94/P/19590

    construction of steel portal framed structure and associated external works to be utilized for pallet storage

    Parke-Davis & Company Limited Usk Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 2 Dec 1994
  5. Decided94/P/19050

    change of use from railway embankment to garden land

    Brynhyfryd Pentrepiod Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 13 May 1994
  6. Decided96/P/00040

    erection of garage with storage area for garden tools

    Park Hse Cottage The Park Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9AQ

    Received 15 Apr 1996
  7. Withdrawn95/P/20441

    kitchen dining room lounge and store room extension

    47 South St Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 20 Nov 1995
  8. Decided95/P/20360

    conservatory

    2 Greenway Walk Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 24 Oct 1995
  9. Decided01/P/05115

    lop some of the main lower branches, particularly those overhanging the neighbours gardens and those denying light to the garden

    139 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran

    Received 26 Feb 2001
  10. Decided00/P/04211

    additional storey above existing garage

    25 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran

    Received 26 May 2000
  11. Withdrawn02/P/06804

    dormer style attic conversion

    58 Charles St Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 16 May 2002
  12. Decided99/P/03024

    extension to dining room relocation of bedroom window

    Laburnums Park View Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 14 May 1999
  13. Decided98/P/02401

    new dwelling

    Building Plot BTWN 4 & 4A Grosvenor PL Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 15 Sept 1998
  14. Decided98/P/02320

    change of use from residential to resource centre for the estate, offices on first floor community/meeting centre on ground floor

    5 Carfax Path Fairwater Cwmbran

    Received 14 Aug 1998
  15. Decided98/P/01968

    proposed garage construction

    L& Adj Maxworthy Rd Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 31 Mar 1998
  16. Decided93/P/18026

    change of use to restaurant

    Greenmeadow Community Farm Greenforge Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 11 May 1993
  17. Decided93/P/17888

    extend front porch

    3 Paddock Rise Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 18 Mar 1993
  18. Decided93/P/17758

    New Dwelling and garage (Site Of Garden Bungalow)

    Tudor House Upper Race Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XE

    Received 28 Jan 1993
  19. Decided93/P/17713

    Business/commercial units for general industry

    Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 14 Jan 1993
  20. Decided01/P/05668

    Single dwelling with garage

    34 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8JE

    Received 17 Jul 2001
  21. Decided01/P/05623

    conservatory

    24 Tillsl& Coed Eva Cwmbran

    Received 6 Jul 2001
  22. Decided01/P/05102

    change of use to hot food take away (use class A3)

    The Pantry The Tower Southville Cwmbran

    Received 16 Feb 2001
  23. Unknown00/P/04816

    new dual polar, dual band sector antenna to replace existing antenna. Replace existing equipment cabinets with a single larger cabin

    County Hall Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 23 Oct 2000
  24. Decided00/P/04527

    demolition of existing garage and erect new garage

    208 Ashford CL South Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 11 Aug 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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