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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
23,709Searchable applications
185Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 21,141 approved or refused records
2,375Refused applications

18,766 approved · 2,375 refused · 1,043 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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More application records

  1. Decided02/P/06527

    sun blind (retractable) to shop front

    2A New St Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 15 Mar 2002
  2. Decided00/P/03729

    construction of 2.4km length of leisure path and reclamation of derelict railway land

    Derelict Railway L& BTWN Varteg Rd & Forgeside Blaenavon Reclaimed L& BTWN Blaenavon & Garn Lakes Garn

    Received 4 Feb 2000
  3. Decided99/P/03164

    siting of static caravan to live in during construction of dwelling

    Building Plot Primrose CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran

    Received 28 Jun 1999
  4. Decided87/P/12241

    Conversion of barn to dwellinghouse

    The Old Barn LL&Erfel Farm Fairwater Cwmbarn Gwent

    Received 6 May 1987
  5. Withdrawn86/P/11887

    Change of use form garage to store

    Garage No 16 Radnor Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 19 Nov 1986
  6. Decided86/P/11757

    Garage

    56 Channel View Penygarn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 22 Sept 1986
  7. Decided02/P/06553

    fascia and projection sign

    7 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran

    Received 21 Mar 2002
  8. Decided02/P/06518

    first floor extension above office

    G L Auto Repair Unit 1 Forgeside Cwmbran

    Received 13 Mar 2002
  9. Decided86/P/11879

    Erection of dwelling and garage

    L& Adj To 7 Penllyn Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 17 Nov 1986
  10. Decided86/P/11548

    Change of use to non-food retail

    Clomendy Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 2 Jul 1986
  11. Decided02/P/06747

    white UPVC conservatory

    31 Cory Park Abbeyfields Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 13 May 2002
  12. Unknown01/P/06160

    rooftop installation of 3No. pole mounted antenne, 2No. pole mounted 0.6M dishes, 1No. pole mounted 0.3m dish and associated equipment cabinet

    Pontypool Ate Fountain Rd Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 7 Nov 2001
  13. Decided01/P/05652

    conservatory

    3 Lancaster Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NX

    Received 10 Jul 2001
  14. Decided95/P/20013

    single storey extension to form entrance hall

    95 CRT Farm Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 6 Jun 1995
  15. Decided95/P/19851

    external render specification to be base coat 1:1:6 (cement: lime:sand) top coat 1:2:9(cement:lime:sand)

    Park Hse Flats Parkside Pontypool Gwent

    Received 5 Apr 1995
  16. Unknown01/P/06195

    demolition of 4 storey and 5 storey blocks of flats - preparatory work, including removal of asbestos, site clearance, topsoil, grading and grass seeding

    Nos 1-6 7-12 13-18 & 19-24 Ullwater CRT Greenmeadow Way St Dials Cwmbran

    Received 16 Nov 2001
  17. Decided01/P/05186

    two storey and single storey extensions to rear

    41 Rowan Crescent Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 13 Mar 2001
  18. Decided00/P/04892

    change of use of land for proposed side extension and rear garage

    25 Machine Meadow Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 16 Nov 2000
  19. Decided96/P/00592

    provision of approx 44 No. hardstanding car parking spaces to rear of unit

    Unit 55 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran

    Received 4 Nov 1996
  20. Decided87/P/12021

    Specialist Retail use : Sale and display of jigsaw puzzles and associated residential flat

    Forgeside SCH Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 9 Feb 1987
  21. Withdrawn02/P/06466

    extension to existing dwelling to provide new kitchen (REVISED POSITION OF EXTENSION)

    8 Picton Walk Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4QW

    Received 28 Feb 2002
  22. Decided02/P/06347

    extension on top of existing garage

    16 Sycamore CRT Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 21 Jan 2002
  23. Decided01/P/05809

    proposed rear kitchen and dining room extension

    17 Cwrdy Rd Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 8 Aug 2001
  24. Withdrawn00/P/04208

    establishment of use for one dwelling

    Osborne Cottage Abergavenny Rd Blaenafon

    Received 30 May 2000

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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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