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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided02/P/06532

    shower room extension

    1 Glencrt Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 15 Mar 2002
  2. Withdrawn01/P/05916

    two bedroom bungalow

    JCT STN Rd/ Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool

    Received 6 Sept 2001
  3. Decided01/P/05306

    construction of front garden wall

    71 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 26 Apr 2001
  4. Decided00/P/04768

    detached bungalow

    24/25 Tranch Rd Pontypool

    Received 28 Sept 2000
  5. Decided99/P/03082

    hardstanding at front of house

    64 Brynhyfryd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 3 Jun 1999
  6. Withdrawn99/P/02918

    five detached residential dwellings

    L& Off Penmaes Rd Greenmeadow 5 Ty Canol Cwmbran

    Received 6 Apr 1999
  7. Decided98/P/02646

    construction of new vehicular access onto highway to serve existing dwelling

    Gwelfa Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 21 Dec 1998
  8. Decided98/P/02386

    one new house

    Plot 2 Site Adj To Steepfield Off Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool

    Received 10 Sept 1998
  9. Decided98/P/01985

    single storey rear extension (replace existing building)

    40 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BE

    Received 27 Apr 1998
  10. Decided98/P/01917

    cut and fill to produce level areas and a landform that can be developed in the future for sport and other outdoor recreational use

    Amenity Area Adj To Ty Gwyn Rd Cwmbran

    Received 16 Mar 1998
  11. Decided97/P/00834

    addition of two bedrooms, bathroom, store, rebuilding of porch and extension of lounge

    Dan Y Bryn Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Gwent NP44 5SW

    Received 11 Feb 1997
  12. Decided96/P/20507

    conversion of stable to granny annex

    Brookside Hse Sluvad Lane Pontypool Gwent

    Received 2 Jan 1996
  13. Decided96/P/00721

    new classroom building

    Cwmbran Police Training College Greenmeadow Way Cwmbran

    Received 30 Dec 1996
  14. Decided95/P/20401

    private garage to rear garden

    63 STN Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 2 Nov 1995
  15. Decided99/P/02940

    erection of close boarded privacy fencing

    CWRT Henllys Hotel Henllys Village Rd Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 14 Apr 1999
  16. Decided98/P/02395

    detached garage in cement washed render with brown roof tiles

    L& Opp Rd To Birch Cottage Plasycoed Rd Pontypool

    Received 14 Sept 1998
  17. Decided98/P/02307

    new external lift shaft and entrance lobby to provide disabled access

    Cwmbran Town Clinic Caradoc Rd Cwmbran

    Received 7 Aug 1998
  18. Decided98/P/01904

    private garage

    52 Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2DU

    Received 9 Mar 1998
  19. Decided97/P/01436

    temporary change of use to a storage compound for the duration (18 months) of the footway/carriageway improvement work in Pontypool

    L& Adj To LWR Bridge St (Forming Part Of The Car Park Extending South Of Crane St To The Clarence) Pontypool

    Received 20 Aug 1997
  20. Awaiting decision97/P/00827

    single residential dwelling

    L& Adj Ty Gwyn Penygraig Tce Pontypool

    Received 10 Feb 1997
  21. Decided96/P/00598

    front entrance porch

    11 Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool NP4 7LY

    Received 7 Nov 1996
  22. Decided96/P/00058

    single storey extension garage and utility room

    12 Upper Coedcae Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HZ

    Received 25 Apr 1996
  23. Decided92/P/17577

    26 Family houses

    Site Off Ty Coch Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 20 Nov 1992
  24. Decided93/P/18206

    Wall and gates

    37 Oakleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 9 Jul 1993

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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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