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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/18573

    2 storey kitchen bedroom bathroom extension

    19 Festival Crescent New Inn Pontypool

    Received 15 Nov 1993
  2. Decided93/P/18538

    replace flat garage roof with pitched roof

    7 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL

    Received 3 Nov 1993
  3. Decided93/P/17786

    Bed/sit extension at rear of property

    19 Yew Tree Terrace Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LR

    Received 10 Feb 1993
  4. Decided92/P/17239

    Appliance Bays (2No.) extensions

    Cwmbran Fire STN Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 14 Jul 1992
  5. Decided02/P/06319

    single storey extension to rear and porch to front

    3 Horseshoe Row Blaenavon

    Received 14 Jan 2002
  6. Withdrawn01/P/06254

    residential

    John Fielding Hse Montressor 2 Part Of Llantarnam Comp SCH

    Received 3 Dec 2001
  7. Decided01/P/05566

    extension of existing premises to provide additional production and office space

    Fulleon Limited Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW

    Received 20 Jun 2001
  8. Decided94/P/19650

    to locate a steel box measuring approx 20 ins X 20 ins X 2ft 8 ins bolted to a concrete plinth

    JCT Of Harpers Rd With Viaduct Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent

    Received 16 Dec 1994
  9. Decided94/P/19390

    side extension to provide breakfast room and WC at ground floor and new bedroom and shower room at first floor above existing kitchen

    Zoar Hse Castell-Y-BWCH Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 5 Sept 1994
  10. Decided94/P/19171

    four bedroom house with detached double garage

    Hillstone Place Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 4 Jul 1994
  11. Decided94/P/18770

    Dead wood be removed from the crown and canopy of the matured oak tree and no more than six of the lowest branches of the holly tree be removed and the canopy controlled by removal of several small ends

    Oakview Pine Gardens Tranch

    Received 7 Feb 1994
  12. Decided99/P/03162

    change of use from residential and vacant land to a youth training facility

    The Nook BRD St Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 2 Jul 1999
  13. Decided99/P/03129

    warehouse for increase of storage capacity

    Printpac Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran

    Received 21 Jun 1999
  14. Decided99/P/02763

    garage with hard standing

    Myrtle Hse Plasycoed Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QH

    Received 8 Feb 1999
  15. Unknown98/P/02266

    Affixing of 3 x antennae and one microwave dish of 600 at roof top level. Two existing antennae to be raised by 500 mm

    Gwent House 35 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 27 Jul 1998
  16. Decided98/P/02439

    two storey rear extension

    131 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 Oly

    Received 6 Oct 1998
  17. Decided98/P/02353

    conversion of existing vacant office building into five flats (renewal of application 93/P/18275)

    13 Victoria St Old Cwmbran

    Received 28 Aug 1998
  18. Decided98/P/02318

    erection of 3m high wall following demolition of the commercial properties 2 & 2a Broad Street

    Adj To White Hart PH & No. 3 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 13 Aug 1998
  19. Decided98/P/01950

    demolition of existing extension and rebuilding of kitchen and bedroom

    15 H& Farm Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RD

    Received 24 Mar 1998
  20. Decided97/P/00873

    single storey domestic extension

    5 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 17 Feb 1997
  21. Withdrawn99/P/03387

    change of use to a contractors compound for environmental improvement and traffic management works to be undertaken in Abersychan

    L& Adj To Valentine Rd Abersychan

    Received 29 Sept 1999
  22. Decided99/P/03166

    change garage to a two bedhouse

    88 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 29 Jun 1999
  23. Decided94/P/18910

    change of use of disused land to garden

    L& Adj Gorsedd Penywain Lane Tranch Pontypool Gwent

    Received 22 Mar 1994
  24. Decided93/P/18409

    conversion of empty ward area to stores complex

    Llanfrechfa Grange Hosp Cwmbran

    Received 17 Sept 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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