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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided87/P/12510

    Extension

    9 & 11 South Walk Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran

    Received 26 Aug 1987
  2. Decided86/P/11727

    Change of use to dwelling

    Reservoir Hse Cwmavon Gwent

    Received 2 Sept 1986
  3. Decided98/P/01874

    ground floor dining room extension, bow window and canopy on the front elevation

    8 Upl&S Tce St Dials Rd St Dials Cwmbran

    Received 3 Mar 1998
  4. Decided94/P/19392

    convert a vacant existing shop into a coin operated launderette

    13B Victoria St Old Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3JS

    Received 5 Sept 1994
  5. Decided94/P/19138

    residential development

    L& On The West Side Of Church Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent

    Received 13 Jun 1994
  6. Decided94/P/18772

    Proposed kitchen and bedroom extension

    143 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 7 Feb 1994
  7. Decided93/P/18030

    Remodelling existing elevations and upgrading facilities including reconstruction works to funeral premises

    12A Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 12 May 1993
  8. Decided92/P/17521

    Change of use of ground floor area from retail to self contained flat

    Ground Floor Area 2 Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 30 Oct 1992
  9. Withdrawn02/P/06345

    conversion of integral garage to a reception and utility room

    36 Barnfield Ponthir Newport

    Received 15 Jan 2002
  10. Decided92/P/17292

    Sloping tiled roof on existing extension

    5 Dunraven Rd Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 7 Sept 1992
  11. Decided92/P/17073

    Two dwellings

    L& Nr Greenfield PL Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 18 May 1992
  12. Decided86/P/11922

    Loading platform and external alterations

    Kwik Save Supermarket Oldbury Rd Cwmbran

    Received 8 Dec 1986
  13. Decided86/P/11458

    Garage

    11 Wern Tce High St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 30 May 1986
  14. Decided86/P/11413

    Erection of porch

    3 Llangorse Path Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 4 Jun 1986
  15. Decided93/P/18110

    Change of use from general store/off licence to office and storage

    1 St John's Crescent Wainfelin Pontypool Gwent

    Received 10 Jun 1993
  16. Decided92/P/17401

    erection of a UPVC conservatory

    33 Marloes Path Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 22 Sept 1992
  17. Decided92/P/17320

    Two storey bathroom/kitchen extension to rear

    2 Cleaves Tce Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 17 Aug 1992
  18. Decided86/P/11141

    Erection of two detached Bungalows

    L& Adj To Windy Ridge Castlewood Talywain Pontypool Gwent

    Received 9 Jan 1986
  19. Decided85/P/11047

    Change of use Doctors Surgery To Funeral Booking Office

    The Surgery Hanbury Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 14 Nov 1985
  20. Decided92/P/17480

    Replacement of existing dwelling with two detached dwellings

    Bryn Haul Crown Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 20 Oct 1992
  21. Decided92/P/17140

    1 No. dwelling

    The Hawthorns Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 10 Jun 1992
  22. Decided98/P/02049

    proposed re-roofing from flat to pitched roof

    52 Stiels Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 5 May 1998
  23. Decided98/P/02002

    Rear ground floor extension

    86 Neerings Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 9 Apr 1998
  24. Withdrawn96/P/00364

    Erection of 131 No two storey dwellings with garages screening, landscaping and associated works (Scheme 'B')

    Former Walker Steel Works The Highway Panteg Pontypool

    Received 30 Jul 1996

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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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