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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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More application records

  1. Decided87/P/12405

    Erection of guard rail fence around the play area

    Play Area Central Drive Trevethin Pontypool Gwent

    Received 9 Jul 1987
  2. Decided87/P/12324

    Erection of one dwelling

    83 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 8 Jun 1987
  3. Decided86/P/11679

    Change of use of store to garage and construction of tarmac drive

    13 Chapel Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 13 Aug 1986
  4. Decided92/P/17650

    1No. two storey dwelling and garage and 1 No. new garage to Highfields

    Site Within Curtilage Of Highfields Brechfa CL Ponthir Gwent

    Received 14 Dec 1992
  5. Decided94/P/19416

    change of use from nurses accommodation to office conversion

    Facilities Dept Gwent Community Health Trust Llanfrechfa Grange Hosp Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 12 Sept 1994
  6. Decided94/P/18807

    free standing signs

    Unit 5 Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 18 Feb 1994
  7. Decided93/P/18555

    replace existing kiosk

    O/S At 72 Trem Twyn Barlem Two Locks Cwmbran

    Received 8 Nov 1993
  8. Decided93/P/18274

    access for pedestrian

    1 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool Gwent

    Received 30 Jul 1993
  9. Decided92/P/17101

    Residential Development

    Newlans Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent

    Received 27 May 1992
  10. Decided00/P/04583

    extension of existing premises to provide additional production and office space

    Fulleon Limited Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW

    Received 18 Aug 2000
  11. Decided00/P/04043

    removal of flat roof and replacement with pitched roof structure (max height 4.5M)

    Oaklea Dental Practice The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 10 Apr 2000
  12. Decided00/P/04008

    new compressor house

    Site At East Side Of Works Alpha Laval Saunders Grange Rd Cwmbran

    Received 29 Mar 2000
  13. Decided94/P/18756

    first floor extension

    16 Coed Lee Coed Eva Mill Cwmbran

    Received 2 Feb 1994
  14. Decided93/P/18014

    alterations and improvement to kitchen & bedroom

    125 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 10 May 1993
  15. Decided93/P/17721

    Erection of domestic garage

    12 Clapham Tce Forgeside Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 18 Jan 1993
  16. Decided92/P/17505

    Erection of 1.8m chain link fence

    Big Batteries Caldicot Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 28 Oct 1992
  17. Decided92/P/17224

    Internal alterations to public house and provision of external fire escape stairs

    The Pontnewydd Inn Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 7 Jul 1992
  18. Decided93/P/18095

    Industrial use

    L& Adj To Avondale Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent

    Received 7 Jun 1993
  19. Decided92/P/17584

    Formation of DIY Outlet (Retail) from within existing building and builders yard

    The Old Water Mill Foundry Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent

    Received 23 Nov 1992
  20. Decided92/P/17044

    4 No. Housing units

    Arthurs Yard Snatchwood Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent

    Received 27 May 1992
  21. Unknown98/P/01965

    demolition of 6A and single storey extension to 7

    6A Rose Tce Pentrepiod Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 27 Mar 1998
  22. Decided97/P/01197

    two storey/single storey extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling house

    251 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 13 Jun 1997
  23. Decided97/P/00846

    the felling of a semi mature sycamore tree within G4 which is leaning towards the property

    29 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2NA

    Received 12 Feb 1997
  24. Decided96/P/20575

    rear conservatory

    8 Plas Ty Coch Oakfield Cwmbran

    Received 30 Jan 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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