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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided96/P/00185

    single storey rear extension and conservatory

    Sheridan 2 Bryn Gomer Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 10 Jun 1996
  2. Decided95/P/20044

    one dwelling house

    Hawthorne Cottage Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 19 Jun 1995
  3. Decided95/P/19806

    relocation and provision of sulphuric acid tanks erection of new electical building

    Euro Exide Corporation Ltd Caldicot Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 15 Mar 1995
  4. Decided94/P/19298

    open hay barn

    Ty Newydd Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 2 Aug 1994
  5. Decided94/P/19079

    fascia and projecting sign

    17/19 Commercial St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 23 May 1994
  6. Decided94/P/19032

    installation of two windows and five anti-ram raid bollards

    Unit 3 Pavilion Ind Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 9 May 1994
  7. Decided92/P/17060

    Extension to dining room and kitchen

    16 Whitebrook Way Southville Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 14 May 1992
  8. Withdrawn02/P/06568

    new nursery block adjacent to school off Hillside Drive

    Pontymoile Primary School St Matthews Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JZ

    Received 25 Mar 2002
  9. Decided95/P/20409

    new general purpose agricultural storage building

    The Haven Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX

    Received 7 Nov 1995
  10. Decided95/P/20363

    proposed entrance porch

    14 Rowan Crescent Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 25 Oct 1995
  11. Decided95/P/20328

    retention of one single demountable classroom unit

    Fairwater Inf SCH Blenheim Rd St Dials Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 13 Oct 1995
  12. Decided95/P/20182

    single storey rear dining room and utility area extension

    42 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 0PR

    Received 10 Aug 1995
  13. Decided94/P/19434

    kitchen and bathroom extension

    2 LWR Waun St Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 19 Sept 1994
  14. Decided99/P/03040

    illuminated fascia sign

    25 Gwent SQ Cwmbran

    Received 20 May 1999
  15. Decided99/P/02991

    provide car port over existing car hardstanding and canopy over front door

    4 Govilon PL Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 24 May 1999
  16. Unknown98/P/02465

    outbuilding for storage

    Pen Y Park Twyn Gwyn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 16 Oct 1998
  17. Decided98/P/02344

    flat roofed second storey bedroom extension over existing dining room

    Rose Cottage Cwrdy Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XZ

    Received 24 Aug 1998
  18. Decided98/P/01947

    extend existing lounge

    29 Greenfield CL Pontnewydd Torfaen

    Received 23 Mar 1998
  19. Decided97/P/01694

    additional price/facility bar fixed to existing ID sign

    Pontypool Service STN Rockhill Rd Pontypool

    Received 3 Dec 1997
  20. Decided97/P/01475

    reclamation of former colliery spoil tips including the construction of overland drainage channel

    Former Tirpentwys Colliery L&Fill Site Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 3 Sept 1997
  21. Decided97/P/00864

    front porch

    32A Sherbourne Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 20 Feb 1997
  22. Decided96/P/20557

    mixed development of 3903sqm class A1 (non food) retail, 930 sqm garden centre, 325sqm class A3 restaurant, 2788 sqm class D2 leisure & ancilliary service areas, car parking and landscaped areas

    Wilcrick PL/ Caldicot Way/ Avondale Rd Cwmbran

    Received 19 Jan 1996
  23. Decided96/P/00590

    new boundary railings

    Cwmbran Meeting Hse Off Croesyceiliog By Pass Cwmbran

    Received 5 Nov 1996
  24. Decided95/P/20370

    temporary use of car park as stall market site on Tuesdays Fridays and Saturdays

    Crane St Car Park Pontypool Gwent

    Received 30 Oct 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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