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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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More application records

  1. Decided94/P/19354

    erection of 2 No. dwellings and associated works

    L& Off Caerleon Rd Open Space Area Of App 94/P Ponthir Gwent

    Received 18 Aug 1994
  2. Decided94/P/18864

    residential housing development

    L& BTWN Hollybush Way & Ty Coch Lane & Mon & Brecon Canal Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 8 Mar 1994
  3. Decided93/P/17858

    Take out dead wood and raise crown of tree to about 4 metres (Oak Tree)

    Oak Tree In Garden Of 5 Blackbirds CL Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 10 Mar 1993
  4. Decided93/P/17813

    Two storey extension

    36 Beechleigh CL Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 22 Feb 1993
  5. Decided93/P/17788

    garage construction

    1 Ambleside Talywain Pontypool Gwent

    Received 10 Feb 1993
  6. Decided02/P/06763

    proposed crossover to provide off road parking

    42401 Yew Tree Cottages Jerusalem Lane New Inn

    Received 15 May 2002
  7. Decided02/P/06728

    lopping and topping as necessary

    5 Parc Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 3 May 2002
  8. Decided02/P/06582

    first floor extension containing bedrooms

    49 Ashleigh CRT Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 28 Mar 2002
  9. Decided01/P/06144

    general repair works

    St Marys Church Church Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TS

    Received 1 Nov 2001
  10. Decided01/P/05676

    Erection of a two storey dwelling

    L& At Glan Y Mynydd Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 18 Jul 2001
  11. Withdrawn01/P/05497

    demolition of existing building erection of dwelling house garage

    Tan Y Moel Bluetts Lane Garndiffaith Pontypool

    Received 4 Jun 2001
  12. Decided01/P/05157

    single storey extension to existing bungalow

    Arosfa Pentwyn Rd Pentwyn Pontypool

    Received 5 Mar 2001
  13. Decided01/P/06123

    change of use from A1 use (retail) to A2 use (licensed betting office)

    1 George St Pontypool

    Received 24 Oct 2001
  14. Decided96/P/00524

    proposed rear kitchen, bathroom extension

    28 Clapham Tce Forgeside Blaenavon

    Received 15 Oct 1996
  15. Decided95/P/19967

    house and garage on building plot

    Plot 43 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 17 May 1995
  16. Decided98/P/02371

    boarding cattery

    Pentovey Cottage Little Mill JCT Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 4 Sept 1998
  17. Decided98/P/02190

    first floor bedrooms extension over existing garage and utility room

    59 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF

    Received 24 Jun 1998
  18. Withdrawn98/P/01972

    expansion of existing factory

    Linpac Metal Packaging Avondale Way Cwmbran

    Received 30 Mar 1998
  19. Decided98/P/01939

    erection of 32 dwellings

    L& Off Maesderwen Rd Pontypool

    Received 20 Mar 1998
  20. Decided97/P/01440

    replacement of existing shop fittings and shop front with new fittings and shopfront

    19 The Mall Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran

    Received 20 Aug 1997
  21. Decided97/P/00781

    3 new dwellings

    Plots 2 6 & 8 Hynam PL Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool

    Received 24 Jan 1997
  22. Decided96/P/20562

    Two storey extension

    Wainfelin Hse Merchants Hill Pontypool Gwent

    Received 23 Jan 1996
  23. Withdrawn96/P/20529

    extension to existing garage

    11 Glan Y Nant CL Cwmbran

    Received 11 Jan 1996
  24. Decided96/P/00065

    change of use residential to nursery

    The Mount St James Field Pontypool

    Received 29 Apr 1996

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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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