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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
24,043Searchable applications
191Recorded 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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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More application records

  1. Decided92/P/17451

    Single storey rear garage

    13 Co-Operative Tce Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 12 Oct 1992
  2. Decided92/P/17370

    Hardstanding

    43 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 9 Sept 1992
  3. Decided92/P/17191

    Siting of LPG Tanks

    Cwmbran Squash Club Edlogan Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 24 Jun 1992
  4. Decided01/P/05040

    change of use from retail area to careers advise centre

    Unit 21 North Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre

    Received 26 Jan 2001
  5. Decided87/P/12499

    Erection of consevatory

    21 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 19 Aug 1987
  6. Decided94/P/19365

    single storey living room extension to side elevation

    15 Sycamore CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 22 Aug 1994
  7. Decided94/P/19184

    to install a recieve only satellite antenna

    1 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 29 Jun 1994
  8. Decided94/P/18855

    dismantle and rebuild garage

    2 The Crest Coed Y C&Do Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 4 Mar 1994
  9. Decided86/P/11867

    Change of use to retail sales of kitchens bathrooms and tiles

    Old Laundry Torfaen Tce Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 14 Nov 1986
  10. Decided86/P/11556

    Extension to the rear of existing factory

    Howard's (Cwmbran) Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 1 Oct 1986
  11. Withdrawn02/P/06719

    extension to side of property, change of use from verge to garden and repositioning of ex fence

    9 Blaen Y CWM Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 2 May 2002
  12. Decided99/P/03243

    extension over garage

    136 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran

    Received 10 Aug 1999
  13. Decided99/P/03208

    extend existing extension to form enlarged kitchen area

    9 Gladstone Tce Varteg Torfaen NP4 7RW

    Received 26 Jul 1999
  14. Decided85/P/10782

    Erection of Retail store and munical offices

    Pontypool Town Centre Pontypool

    Received 18 Jul 1985
  15. Decided02/P/06741

    conversion of garage into study. Double garage half only to be converted with window on front, leaving one garage and normal parking spaces on driveway

    21 Hendre CRT Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 10 May 2002
  16. Decided87/P/12053

    Change of use to retail unit

    Llantarnam Filling STN Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 23 Feb 1987
  17. Decided87/P/12018

    Erection of Warehouse for Storage of Furniture

    Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 6 Feb 1987
  18. Decided86/P/11874

    2 No enclosed fire escape

    Gateway Superstore Tudor Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 10 Nov 1986
  19. Decided86/P/11545

    Single storey extension for kitchen and dining room

    25 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 4 Dec 1986
  20. Decided01/P/05180

    two storey rear extension (REVISED SITING OF EXTENSION)

    8 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 14 Mar 2001
  21. Decided00/P/04894

    formation of a new link corridor between new development Phase 1 to the east of Ty Coch, and offices within Ty Coch by the enlargement of an existing opening and attachment of fully glazed link

    Ty Coch Hse Llantarnam Park Ind Est Cwmbran

    Received 27 Nov 2000
  22. Decided00/P/04744

    new shopfront (popout) and shopfit

    20 South Walk Cwmbran

    Received 2 Oct 2000
  23. Decided00/P/04284

    erect porch over front entrance, new UPVC bay window to living room

    25 Laurel Green Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TD

    Received 27 Jun 2000
  24. Decided00/P/04065

    over roofing existing levels of flat roofs with pitched roofs

    Coleg Gwent Pontypool Campus Site Pontypool

    Received 17 Apr 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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