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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
24,043Searchable applications
191Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 21,419 approved or refused records
2,431Refused applications

18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided94/P/19514

    erection of 50 detached dwellings together with garages and associated roads and sewer

    Gilwern Farm Ponthir Phase II Gwent

    Received 17 Oct 1994
  2. Unknown00/P/04660

    to erect a steel frame portal building replacing an existing building

    Ty Richard Jones Farm Cefn Y Crib Hafodyrynys

    Received 4 Sept 2000
  3. Decided00/P/04481

    detached dwelling

    L& At Middle Coed Cae Blaenavon

    Received 4 Aug 2000
  4. Decided02/P/06405

    change garage into study

    13 Greenwood Drive Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 12 Feb 2002
  5. Decided02/P/06324

    replacement of single garage with double garage and room above

    85 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool

    Received 16 Jan 2002
  6. Decided02/P/06838

    extension to provide study/bedroom and consevatory

    Bryn Meirion Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 28 May 2002
  7. Decided02/P/06542

    alterations to re-instate the fan house evase reversing chamber

    Big Pit Mining Museum Nat Mining Museum Of Wales Blaenafon

    Received 11 Mar 2002
  8. Withdrawn02/P/06509

    one new dwelling

    Plot 2 Site Of 25 Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool

    Received 8 Mar 2002
  9. Decided99/P/02982

    removal of original shop doors and block up openings

    19-21 Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG

    Received 4 May 1999
  10. Decided98/P/02476

    non structural alterations to entrance screens and doors

    County Hall Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 18 Nov 1998
  11. Decided98/P/02357

    external signage remove existing and install new

    Lloyds Bank Plc Hanbury Rd Pontypool

    Received 28 Aug 1998
  12. Decided98/P/02264

    proposed minor alterations to two of the existing 66k V overhead line positions

    Substn At Panteg New Inn Pontypool

    Received 27 Jul 1998
  13. Decided96/P/00563

    single storey front and rear extension

    3 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL

    Received 29 Oct 1996
  14. Decided96/P/00644

    use of part of existing building as a child care facility for nine children

    Ivy Lodge Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5BE

    Received 22 Nov 1996
  15. Decided00/P/03634

    ground floor side extension

    1 Canberra CL Cwmbran

    Received 17 Jan 2000
  16. Decided93/P/18365

    two storey extension

    28 Lansdowne Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 1 Sept 1993
  17. Decided93/P/18184

    18 No. houses new access road and housing court

    Greenhill Rd Forgehammer Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 5 Jul 1993
  18. Decided92/P/17674

    Conversion of upper floors to 2 No. flats & Upgrading of rear part of ground floor to form additional retail unit

    5A George St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 21 Dec 1992
  19. Decided92/P/17495

    Install dormer windows on previously approved extension

    Ty-Gwyn Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 22 Oct 1992
  20. Decided92/P/17155

    En suite bedroom and study extension

    12 Bryn Gomer Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PT

    Received 12 Jun 1992
  21. Decided93/P/18250

    alteration to existing dormer roof and provision of a conservatory to the side of the property

    42 Manorbier Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 26 Jul 1993
  22. Decided93/P/17784

    Two storey extension

    Overbrook Hse 25 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 8 Feb 1993
  23. Decided92/P/17281

    Siting of a demountable classroom unit

    Pontypool College Of Further Ed Blaendare Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 31 Jul 1992
  24. Decided01/P/05907

    construct a PVCU conservatory

    Brookwood Old Penygarn Road Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JS

    Received 5 Sept 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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