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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided98/P/02467

    change of use from A1 to A2 for a solicitors practice

    12 Russell Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EA

    Received 16 Oct 1998
  2. Decided98/P/02346

    fascia and projecting signs

    1 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran

    Received 24 Aug 1998
  3. Decided98/P/01945

    erection of one number bulk argon storage tank

    Grange Works Grange Rd Cwmbran South Wales

    Received 23 Mar 1998
  4. Decided97/P/01696

    external galvanised steel flue fixed to the south east elevation

    Pontymoile Primary School St Matthews Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JZ

    Received 5 Dec 1997
  5. Decided97/P/01477

    hardstanding to front elevation

    47 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QZ

    Received 3 Sept 1997
  6. Decided97/P/01356

    change from flat to pitched roof on garage and swimming pool

    Claverton Caerleon Rd Ponthir Nr Newport

    Received 30 Jul 1997
  7. Decided02/P/06606

    change of use from school grounds to private garden including 2 metre wooden fence

    Incline Cottage Incline Rd Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 3 Apr 2002
  8. Decided98/P/01552

    shower, toilet for disabled person extension to lounge and kitchen for wheelchair access

    56 Upl& Drive Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HT

    Received 13 Feb 1998
  9. Decided97/P/01270

    two storey extension to rear

    103 Blaendare Rd Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 10 Jul 1997
  10. Decided97/P/01091

    two storey extension

    28 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 8 May 1997
  11. Decided97/P/00940

    two storey side extension

    14 Whitehse Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 17 Mar 1997
  12. Decided96/P/00655

    indoor roller blading facility

    J Sainsbury The STR& Cwmbran

    Received 26 Nov 1996
  13. Decided96/P/00174

    erection of two detached properties (Outline Application)

    L& Adj Fleur De Llys Glencrt Sebastopol

    Received 6 Jun 1996
  14. Decided95/P/20254

    ground floor kitchen and bedroom over

    125 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 8 Sept 1995
  15. Decided95/P/19727

    98 dwelling houses

    Abbey Farm Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 6 Feb 1995
  16. Decided94/P/19503

    Tree no. 1 (Ash) Lift crown to a height not exceeding 7m from ground level remove dead wood and ivy Tree no. 2 (Hawthorn) The tree be felled and the stump either be ground out or treated with roundup biactive herbicide Tree no. 3 (Ash) Lift crown to a height not exceeding 7m from ground level remove dead wood and ivy Tree no. 4 (Ash) Lift crown to a height not exceeding 5m from ground level and thin the crown by approximately 20% remove dead wood and ivy Trees within G2 (Ash) All trees be crown lifted to height not exceeding 4m above ground level remove dead wood and ivy

    Panteg Church The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 13 Oct 1994
  17. Decided01/P/05269

    two storey side extension containing kitchen cloakroom car port and bedrooms with en suites

    38 Beechleigh CL Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 18 Apr 2001
  18. Decided01/P/05222

    porch replacement on front of property

    54 Melbourne CRT St Dials Cwmbran

    Received 26 Mar 2001
  19. Decided01/P/05088

    erect a sectional re-inforced concrete slab garage

    6 Hafod Rd Ponthir NP18 1GN

    Received 12 Feb 2001
  20. Decided00/P/04126

    retention of residential porch to front of property

    28 Garth Rd Ty Coch Cwmbran

    Received 9 May 2000
  21. Decided00/P/03701

    3 No. wall mounted signs plus 5 No. frestanding flagpoles

    Banjo Site B Llantarnam Park Ind Est Llantarnam

    Received 1 Feb 2000
  22. Decided93/P/17701

    Factory extension

    Caldicot Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 12 Jan 1993
  23. Decided92/P/17525

    6 No. parking spaces & construction of new footpath

    Coed Cae Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 5 Nov 1992
  24. Decided87/P/12079

    Erection of Porch

    6 Parfitt Tce Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 9 Mar 1987

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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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