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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided95/P/20350

    change of use of unit from B8 to B2

    Unit 10 Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 19 Oct 1995
  2. Decided93/P/17978

    Garage

    16 Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 22 Apr 1993
  3. Decided87/P/12331

    Provision of new factory

    Adj To Unit 13 Metallised Films & Papers Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 15 Jun 1987
  4. Withdrawn87/P/11979

    Rehabilitation of ex-anderson units for warehouse light Industrial use - remaining land to be used for builders merchants

    Welsh Cold Stores Court Road Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AS

    Received 20 Jan 1987
  5. Decided98/P/02117

    conservatory at rear of bungalow

    165 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool

    Received 1 Jun 1998
  6. Decided97/P/01626

    erection of detached garage to serve dwelling house

    10 Park View Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RB

    Received 18 Nov 1997
  7. Withdrawn00/P/04651

    Phase 1 - single storey office/training facility, associated access roads, parking, landscaping Phase 2 - two storey factory extension

    Phase 1 - Site Adj To Eastern Boundary Of Palmer Env Phase 2 Palmer Environmental

    Received 1 Sept 2000
  8. Unknown00/P/04391

    felling due to a lean towards building and reduction of root plate for foundations

    Plot 18 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool

    Received 11 Jul 2000
  9. Decided99/P/03491

    two storey extension to front

    76 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 9 Nov 1999
  10. Decided99/P/02880

    construction of site entrance gateway adjacent to public highway

    L& At Rear Of Dolcoed Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran

    Received 18 Mar 1999
  11. Decided98/P/02574

    ground and first floor extension

    Yew Tree Cottage Hilltop Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NU

    Received 20 Nov 1998
  12. Decided96/P/20573

    two storey side extension

    19 Dingle Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 30 Jan 1996
  13. Decided96/P/20538

    access for disabled person

    18 Channel View Penygarn Pontypool

    Received 16 Jan 1996
  14. Decided95/P/20354

    installation of a single satelite receiving antenna (1.0m in diameter)

    Police Training Centre Greenmeadow Way St Dials Cwmbran

    Received 20 Oct 1995
  15. Decided94/P/19448

    white UPVC conservatory

    8 Clover CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent NP44 6LB

    Received 26 Sept 1994
  16. Decided94/P/19369

    erection of domestic garage

    23 Ventnor Rd Old Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 23 Aug 1994
  17. Decided94/P/19322

    new channel and enlargement of existing watercourse to provide land drainage improvements

    C&WR Lane Ponthir Gwent

    Received 9 Aug 1994
  18. Decided94/P/18859

    Minor pruning to thin the canopy by 20%

    68 Pentre CL Coed Eva Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 7 Mar 1994
  19. Withdrawn94/P/18812

    two storey detached house

    88A The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 22 Feb 1994
  20. Decided94/P/18789

    removal of condition No.16 on Approval 93/P/18475

    Area 6 Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 14 Feb 1994
  21. Decided94/P/18720

    extension to front of garage and balcony above

    6 York CL Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Jan 1994
  22. Decided93/P/18062

    Single storey rear extension kitchen dining area utility wc hall/porch shower room

    24 Varteg Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 24 May 1993
  23. Decided93/P/18029

    Construction of compound to store pigeon baskets

    Allotments Off St Dials Rd Nr Junc Of Greenmeadow Way R/About

    Received 12 May 1993
  24. Decided93/P/17757

    Housing development

    Adj Afon Llwyd Opp Riverside & STH & Herberts Wood Pontnewynydd

    Received 4 Feb 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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