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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
24,035Searchable applications
184Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 21,418 approved or refused records
2,431Refused applications

18,987 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided01/P/06042

    3 No. 4 stack folded D1 poles + 2No. 0.3 dishes on existing tower with new base equipment, additional steelwork on existing tower new racks and feeder management system in existing room

    Cwmbran Police HQ Gwent Police HQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 1 Oct 2001
  2. Decided01/P/06009

    take down part of utility room & erect garage

    10 Park CL Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 18 Sept 2001
  3. Decided99/P/03231

    proposed boundary wall and garage

    1 Hillcrest Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RB

    Received 4 Aug 1999
  4. Decided99/P/02901

    additional single garage

    Lecole 32 St Matthews Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JZ

    Received 29 Mar 1999
  5. Decided98/P/03015

    one dwellinghouse

    The Firs Est Plot N Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 3 Jul 1998
  6. Decided97/P/01604

    provision of open type security grille to shopfront

    7 Crane St Pontypool

    Received 22 Oct 1997
  7. Decided97/P/01125

    retention of front garden boundary fence

    91 C&WR Park Ponthir NP6 1HN

    Received 28 May 1997
  8. Decided95/P/19740

    conservatory extension

    20 Lancaster Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 Onx

    Received 15 Feb 1995
  9. Decided92/P/17414

    Remove agricultural occupancy condition

    BRD Oaks Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 25 Sept 1992
  10. Decided92/P/17335

    Provision of a small car park & various highway improvements

    Folly Lane Trevethin Pontypool Gwent

    Received 24 Aug 1992
  11. Decided99/P/02794

    demolition of existing building and residential development of the site

    25 Stanley Rd & L& Adj Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 18 Feb 1999
  12. Decided98/P/02291

    pillared wall to front

    6 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SS

    Received 5 Aug 1998
  13. Decided98/P/02070

    single storey extension to warehouse storage area

    Unit 2 Polo Ground Ind Est Pontypool

    Received 11 May 1998
  14. Decided99/P/02980

    new dwelling

    Plot 5 Carreg Fawr Manor Rd Abersychan

    Received 30 Apr 1999
  15. Decided98/P/02355

    fascia and projecting signs

    Lloyds Bank Plc Hanbury Rd Pontypool

    Received 28 Aug 1998
  16. Decided98/P/01956

    extension and double garage

    Eastfield Twmpath Rd Pontypool

    Received 26 Mar 1998
  17. Withdrawn93/P/17850

    Fast food business

    16 Fairwater SQ Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 8 Mar 1993
  18. Decided93/P/17780

    Change of use from builders merchants annexe to dwelling

    15 Osborne Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 8 Feb 1993
  19. Withdrawn86/P/11920

    Site A - Petrol Fillng station

    Site B - Retail Warehse Park Sweb L& Llywelyn Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 3 Dec 1986
  20. Decided86/P/11411

    Erection of garage

    12 Gower Green Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 14 May 1986
  21. Decided85/P/10906

    Painted on lettering and amenity boards

    Marlborough Inn Blenheim Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4SY

    Received 5 Sept 1985
  22. Decided95/P/20112

    double storey bedroom extension above existing rear extension

    10 East Ave Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 11 Jul 1995
  23. Decided95/P/19950

    alteration from shop front to domestic front

    111A Osborne Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 15 May 1995
  24. Decided95/P/19680

    use of existing building in course of construction (as office/Store) for motel 24 bedrooms and lounge d/room and guests bar

    Car Park On Hotel Site Old Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 11 Jan 1995

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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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