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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 · 21,419 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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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More application records

  1. Decided94/P/19252

    1st floor office extension over existing ground floor including enclosure of existing stairs

    Ponthir Sewage Treatment Works Ponthir Gwent

    Received 26 Jul 1994
  2. Decided94/P/19219

    to form new entance into branch as part of internal alterations and refurbishment of banking hall

    Barclays Bank Plc 2 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 13 Jul 1994
  3. Decided94/P/18962

    change of use from launderette to retail sale of stationery copying and printing products (Condition No.1)

    17 Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 7 Apr 1994
  4. Decided93/P/18430

    two storey rear extension front extension garage and store

    67 Wesley St Cwmbran

    Received 23 Sept 1993
  5. Decided93/P/18311

    shop sign

    Unit 3C Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 11 Aug 1993
  6. Decided93/P/17915

    bedroom extension

    5 Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 29 Mar 1993
  7. Decided94/P/19449

    garage on side of outhouse

    6 Park CL Henllys Cwmbran Gwent NP44 6HH

    Received 26 Sept 1994
  8. Decided94/P/19402

    detached garage

    3 Picton St Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 18 Nov 1994
  9. Decided92/P/17091

    Extension to existing house

    Orbitawood Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 21 May 1992
  10. Decided98/P/01863

    1. Fir tree to be reduced in height some lower branches to be trimmed to give a better shape 2. Oak tree, trim back some lower branches to improve shape

    Fairways Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AP

    Received 24 Feb 1998
  11. Decided98/P/01828

    alterations and domestic extension to provide amenities to existing dwellings

    42401 Yew Tree Cottages Jerusalem Lane New Inn

    Received 13 Feb 1998
  12. Decided02/P/06475

    redevelopment of bungalow site with two storey four bedroom detached house and garage

    Greenacres Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 26 Feb 2002
  13. Decided02/P/06354

    Timber panel fence to rear garden area

    3 St Oswalds CL Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 23 Jan 2002
  14. Decided01/P/06252

    conservatory to rear elevation

    8 LL&Egveth CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 3 Dec 2001
  15. Decided01/P/05851

    agricultural workers dwelling

    Sluvad Ground Sluvad Rd Panteg Pontypool

    Received 21 Aug 2001
  16. Decided85/P/11104

    Erection of boundary fence

    Tyrone Bungalow Fountain Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 9 Dec 1985
  17. Decided94/P/19269

    second storey end extension

    6 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 27 Jul 1994
  18. Decided94/P/19222

    garage

    9 E Row Forgeside Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 15 Jul 1994
  19. Decided94/P/19088

    reconstruction of existing dwelling

    Trwdyrhiw Cottage Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 24 May 1994
  20. Decided94/P/18959

    new playing fields

    Llantarnam Hall Cwmbran Drive Cwmbran

    Received 31 Mar 1994
  21. Decided00/P/04325

    erection of UPVC conservatory

    33 Stokes CRT Ponthir Caerleon

    Received 3 Jul 2000
  22. Decided99/P/03591

    proposed conservatory to the rear of the property

    26 Cory Park Abbey Fields Llantarnam

    Received 14 Dec 1999
  23. Decided99/P/03051

    Demolish and rebuild conservatory in new position, new veranda

    2 Sunlea Crescent Pontypool

    Received 24 May 1999
  24. Decided95/P/19666

    residential development

    L& At Stokes Farm Ponthir Caerleon

    Received 17 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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