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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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More application records

  1. Decided93/P/17981

    New patio area and pedestrian access to existing public house

    The Pontnewydd Inn Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 23 Apr 1993
  2. Decided97/P/01287

    signage

    Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 11 Jul 1997
  3. Decided87/P/12009

    Plant room

    Roof Of Gwent Hse Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 4 Feb 1987
  4. Decided86/P/11554

    Alterations and extensions to form new carrefou superstore

    Present Woolco Store Tudor Rd Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 7 Jul 1986
  5. Decided87/P/12051

    Erection of garage

    Off Neville St Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 19 Feb 1987
  6. Decided99/P/03381

    dormer extension to bathroom

    25 Orchard Farm Est Trevethin Pontypool

    Received 29 Sept 1999
  7. Decided99/P/03160

    existing garage damaged by fire rebuild new garage exact same size

    1 E Row Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 1 Jul 1999
  8. Withdrawn99/P/02761

    scaffolding warehouse

    Plot 8 Polo Grounds Ind Est New Inn Pontypool

    Received 8 Feb 1999
  9. Decided99/P/02879

    repairs and rebuilding where necessary to restore and maintain as existing. Materials will be as recovered or where replacement is necessary matched to existing

    Big Pit Blaenafon Torfaen

    Received 17 Mar 1999
  10. Decided98/P/02006

    Extension

    116 Bryn Eglwys Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LD

    Received 8 Apr 1998
  11. Decided97/P/01016

    single storey extension to create a study and utility room

    Preseli 5 Danygraig Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2PR

    Received 14 Apr 1997
  12. Decided96/P/20615

    2 No. replacement dwellings and 1 No. new dwelling

    Dunnet Hse Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool

    Received 21 Feb 1996
  13. Decided00/P/04876

    ground floor kitchen extension and first floor bedroom extension

    Lynwood Viaduct Rd Victoria Village Pontypool

    Received 10 Nov 2000
  14. Unknown00/P/04266

    demolition of No. 1 Broad Street re-building gable wall to White Hart Pub on suitable foundation, site to become pedestrian/pavement area

    1 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 23 Jun 2000
  15. Decided00/P/04087

    erection of a conservatory on the rear elevation

    4 Chapel CL Garndiffiath Pontypool

    Received 20 Apr 2000
  16. Decided00/P/03970

    two storey extension to side of property

    62 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 17 Mar 2000
  17. Decided99/P/03468

    change of use to railway museum

    The Old Goods Shed STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 4 Nov 1999
  18. Decided99/P/03423

    free standing exhaust stack height of 12M. Designed to exhaust 60,000 NM2/hr abated air from a regenerative thermal oxidiser

    Kays & Kears Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 12 Oct 1999
  19. Decided99/P/03349

    conservatory to rear of house

    107 Aran CRT Thornhill Cwmbran

    Received 13 Sept 1999
  20. Decided99/P/03302

    new industrial unit with production office service yard and car parking

    Llantarnam South Site Cwmbran Torfaen South Wales

    Received 1 Sept 1999
  21. Decided95/P/20177

    49 dwellings with substitution of house types at plots 5 &

    Plots 5 & 6 Gilwern Farm Ponthir Phase I

    Received 8 Aug 1995
  22. Decided94/P/19620

    area for tipping subsoil from adjacent excavation for new dwelling (retrospective application)

    L& Adj To Prescoch Lane Pontymoile Pontypool Gwent

    Received 12 Dec 1994
  23. Decided94/P/18700

    conversion of shop to residential accommodation

    Corner Shop Upper Bridge St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 14 Jan 1994
  24. Decided94/P/19580

    install on public payphone

    Rear Of Marks & Spencer Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran

    Received 23 Nov 1994

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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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