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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
23,512Searchable applications
184Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 20,965 approved or refused records
2,350Refused applications

18,615 approved · 2,350 refused · 1,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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More application records

  1. Decided96/P/00287

    extension to property consisting of integral garage at ground floor and bedroom and first floor

    38 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran NP44 7NX

    Received 16 Jul 1996
  2. Decided93/P/17731

    Single storey building 18.30 m by 8.20 m for housing of farm livestock

    L& Adj To Coed Llwyd Farm Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 19 Jan 1993
  3. Decided92/P/17515

    Development of site by the erection of one dwelling

    L& Adj 53 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 30 Oct 1992
  4. Decided01/P/05280

    change of use from recreation ground to parking bay to be used for dropping off and picking up school children

    Recreation Ground Opp George St Primary SCH George St Pontypool

    Received 23 Apr 2001
  5. Decided00/P/04444

    new dwelling

    Site Adj Entrance Hse The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 26 Jul 2000
  6. Decided00/P/04184

    proposed extension to form a custody area and disabled access

    Cwmbran Magistrates CRT Tudor Rd Cwmbran

    Received 26 May 2000
  7. Decided00/P/03838

    kitchen/lounge extension

    27 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 25 Feb 2000
  8. Decided97/P/01623

    proposed demolition of existing church and sunday school and erection of new chapel

    Griffithstown Methodist Church Commercial St Pontypool

    Received 28 Oct 1997
  9. Decided94/P/19147

    single storey conservatory against rear elevation

    33 Barnets Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4UY

    Received 4 Jul 1994
  10. Decided94/P/18746

    dwelling

    Plot 10 Off Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 31 Jan 1994
  11. Decided98/P/02278

    single storey rear extension

    30 Avondale Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 30 Jul 1998
  12. Decided98/P/02233

    renew side wall to front garden

    31 Llanover Rd Est Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HP

    Received 15 Jul 1998
  13. Decided98/P/01830

    re-development for residential purposes

    Former Canteen Car Park & Premises STN Rd Pontypool

    Received 12 Feb 1998
  14. Decided97/P/01549

    convert existing disused farm building to dwelling

    Ysgubornewydd Henllys Cwmbran NP4 6HX

    Received 30 Sept 1997
  15. Decided97/P/01502

    fascia sign and projecting sign

    12 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran

    Received 12 Sept 1997
  16. Decided97/P/01089

    installation of automatic telling machine

    Boots The Chemist 10/12 The Mall Cwmbran

    Received 8 May 1997
  17. Decided95/P/20207

    single storey rear extension

    3 Stevelee Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Aug 1995
  18. Decided94/P/19550

    construction of dwelling for retired agricultural worker

    L& Formerly Part Of Church Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 10 Nov 1994
  19. Decided99/P/02664

    one dwelling

    Plot 1 & 2 At 375 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 4 Jan 1999
  20. Decided98/P/02440

    2 No. proposed residential building plots

    Bethany Chapel St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 7 Oct 1998
  21. Decided98/P/02180

    new driveway and access

    2 St Brides CL Llanyravon Cwmbran

    Received 16 Jun 1998
  22. Decided98/P/01962

    two storey side extension to dwelling

    Ty Bryn Castlewood Talywain Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 26 Mar 1998
  23. Decided98/P/01929

    amendments to partly constructed dwelling

    Plot 1 Bryncarreg Garndiffaith Pontnewynydd Pontypool

    Received 17 Mar 1998
  24. Decided02/P/06795

    proposed car hard standing to front elevation

    90 Upl&S Drive Trevethin Pontypool

    Received 14 May 2002

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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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