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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
23,501Searchable applications
184Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,955 approved or refused records
2,349Refused applications

18,606 approved · 2,349 refused · 1,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1986 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. Decided94/P/19271

    two storey rear extension

    2 LWR Woodl& St Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 27 Jul 1994
  2. Decided94/P/18941

    temporary steel storage container

    8 St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 29 Mar 1994
  3. Decided99/P/03108

    first floor extension

    30 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7NX

    Received 11 Jun 1999
  4. Decided02/P/06360

    kitchen and dining extension

    58 Liswerry Drive Llanyrafon Cwmbran

    Received 24 Jan 2002
  5. Decided01/P/06266

    proposed car park area

    Heddlu Gwent Police Police HQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 10 Dec 2001
  6. Decided96/P/20594

    First floor bedroom extension

    50 Albion Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 12 Feb 1996
  7. Decided96/P/00553

    garage

    75 Bowleaze Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 4LF

    Received 23 Oct 1996
  8. Decided96/P/00272

    single and two storey rear extension

    14 Llantarnam CL Cwmbran

    Received 11 Jul 1996
  9. Decided96/P/00239

    proposed garage to be attached to existing dwellinghouse

    7 The Park Blaenavon NP4 9AG

    Received 1 Jul 1996
  10. Decided87/P/12353

    Garage

    Rear Of The Ave Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 19 Jun 1987
  11. Decided87/P/11950

    Workshop extension and re-location of office

    STN Hse Talywain Pontypool Gwent

    Received 5 Jan 1987
  12. Decided97/P/00974

    detached domestic outbuilding

    153 The Highway Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 26 Mar 1997
  13. Decided96/P/00480

    cut off dead branches on 1 oak tree

    Front Garden 69 Ashleigh CRT Henllys

    Received 1 Oct 1996
  14. Decided95/P/20260

    car hard standing

    1 Granston SQ Fairwater Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4QE

    Received 11 Sept 1995
  15. Decided95/P/20081

    alterations and extensions to existing builders yard

    Builders Yard Alexandra Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BQ

    Received 30 Jun 1995
  16. Decided95/P/19888

    proposed two storey rear extension w/c and bedroom

    Lyn Mar Lewis Rd Pentwyn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 24 Apr 1995
  17. Decided97/P/00900

    single storey bedroom extension

    Ty Ni Bungalow Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 3 Mar 1997
  18. Decided96/P/20699

    alteration to and blocking up one entrance to the public office and modifying the remaining entrance to accommodate disabled persons

    Cwmbran Branch Post Office General Rees SQ Llewellyn Rd Cwmbran

    Received 22 Mar 1996
  19. Decided95/P/19767

    residential development

    L& At Twmpath Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 1 Mar 1995
  20. Decided94/P/19508

    detached domestic garage

    76 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 17 Oct 1994
  21. Decided94/P/19083

    applied perspex letters to advertise name of newspaper (the press)

    Unit 3 Pavilion Ind Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 24 May 1994
  22. Decided94/P/18952

    new dwelling

    Site Off Ty Coch Lane Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 30 Mar 1994
  23. Decided94/P/18919

    erection of three residential dwelling - houses

    L& Adj 14 Sycamore CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 5 May 1994
  24. Decided94/P/18682

    two storey extension

    57 Beechleigh CL Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 7 Jan 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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