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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided93/P/18148

    Remove chain linkage fencing and replace it with a pebble dashed wall of the same height.

    14 Michael Way Riverside Pontypool Gwent

    Received 25 Jun 1993
  2. Decided92/P/17412

    Erection of a domestic garage

    Mountain Lodge Old Penygarn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 25 Sept 1992
  3. Decided92/P/17378

    Multiple occupation in emergency housing bed and breakfast for Torfaen Borough Council

    3 Upper Park Tce Pontypool Gwent

    Received 11 Sept 1992
  4. Decided95/P/19828

    retention of deposited material together with formation of motor vehicle hardstanding (Amended details)

    Primrose Cottage Club Rd Tranch Pontypool Gwent

    Received 23 Mar 1995
  5. Decided99/P/03237

    raise roof of existing garage for playroom and side extension to garage

    4 Twyn Cottages Ponthir

    Received 5 Aug 1999
  6. Decided99/P/02907

    garage within property boundaries

    195 Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DN

    Received 30 Mar 1999
  7. Decided98/P/02659

    proposed garage and first floor extension over (Amended Plans)

    77 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool

    Received 24 Dec 1998
  8. Decided93/P/17777

    Private garage

    The Bungalow King St Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 5 Feb 1993
  9. Decided92/P/17518

    Allotment site

    Poplar Ave New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 5 Nov 1992
  10. Decided92/P/17272

    Change of use to one residential house

    111 Osborne Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 29 Jul 1992
  11. Decided02/P/06356

    the construction of a car park for anglers use (Cwmbran Angling Association)

    Proposed Coffee Shop At Lake View Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 18 Jan 2002
  12. Decided01/P/06250

    replace existing hardstanding with a fixed garage

    25 Shakespeare Rd St Dials Cwmbran

    Received 30 Nov 2001
  13. Decided01/P/05853

    fell mature black pine

    The Firs Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 22 Aug 2001
  14. Decided01/P/05818

    renewal of outline planning permission for two dwellings application ref 98/P/02523

    Site Adj Varteg Rd Blaenavon

    Received 14 Aug 2001
  15. Decided94/P/18774

    bedroom extension

    47 The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 11 Feb 1994
  16. Decided85/P/11033

    Erection of detached house and parking

    Mission Hall Site Sherbourne Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 6 Nov 1985
  17. Decided85/P/11050

    Erection of dwelling

    L& Adj To 21 The Walk New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 15 Nov 1985
  18. Decided85/P/10981

    Erection of Signs

    Somerset Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 11 Oct 1985
  19. Decided96/P/00716

    erection of UPVC conservatory

    39 Thornhill Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 23 Dec 1996
  20. Decided00/P/04205

    new entrance barriers/retrospective application for the installation of a waste compactor unit to the rear service yard

    Spear Europe Christopher Grey CRT Lakeside Llantarnam Ind Park

    Received 24 May 2000
  21. Decided00/P/03958

    first floor extension forming 1 no. bedroom

    7 The Haldens Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 15 Mar 2000
  22. Decided99/P/03597

    extension to the rear of the property, porch to the front

    44 Manorbier Drive Llanyrafon Cwmbran

    Received 17 Dec 1999
  23. Decided99/P/03057

    ground floor garage and kitchen extension

    42 Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NU

    Received 27 May 1999
  24. Decided93/P/18231

    Change of use to retail car sales

    Former British Steel Car Park (Avesta Sheffield) STN Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 20 Jul 1993

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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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