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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided87/P/12527

    Change of use from light industrial/warehousing to indoor cricket centre

    Units 1 & 1A Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 8 Sept 1987
  2. Decided86/P/11710

    Conservatory

    30 Marlborough Rd Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 27 Aug 1986
  3. Decided92/P/17105

    Extension

    Central Supplies Dept The Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 28 May 1992
  4. Decided95/P/20060

    single storey rear extension

    1 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Jun 1995
  5. Decided95/P/19987

    permission to hold car boot sales

    Fairwater Leisure Centre Ty Gwyn Way Fairwater Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4YZ

    Received 23 May 1995
  6. Decided94/P/19473

    extension of coal take (underground) extension of bund amended details of surface area

    Johnson Mine Forgeside Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 29 Sept 1994
  7. Decided94/P/19438

    remove existing floors ceiling and internal partition wall and construct new to comply with current building regulation and british standards

    Park Hse Flats Parkside Pontypool Gwent

    Received 20 Sept 1994
  8. Decided02/P/06853

    front porch

    92 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyrafon Cwmbran

    Received 31 May 2002
  9. Unknown00/P/04115

    Erection of 4 dwellings access road footways and public space as part of overall residential development (reposition of plot boundaries and dwellings/garages plots 1 to 3)

    Maes Y Rhiw Court Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 4 May 2000
  10. Decided99/P/03287

    preparation and delivery of take away tandoori and balti food (this is a home delivery service only)

    Unit 21 Ard Business Park Polo Grounds Ind Est New Inn Pontypool

    Received 24 Aug 1999
  11. Unknown98/P/02443

    erect PVCU conservatory to side of property

    4 Selby CL Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8TT

    Received 5 Oct 1998
  12. Decided99/P/03459

    new single storey community hall

    Site Of Former Garn Primary SCH Stanley Rd/Top Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool

    Received 3 Nov 1999
  13. Decided99/P/03412

    lop top and remove certain trees

    60 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 11 Oct 1999
  14. Decided92/P/17306

    Single storey garage and porch at side of house

    63 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 11 Aug 1992
  15. Decided01/P/05551

    retaining walls to provide parking area to front of house

    Bryn-y-coed 17 Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AG

    Received 18 Jun 2001
  16. Decided94/P/19466

    to lop branches from tree to remove nuisance from building

    55 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1DD

    Received 29 Sept 1994
  17. Decided94/P/19347

    shop sign

    6 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 15 Aug 1994
  18. Decided94/P/18877

    projecting sign

    15 North Walk Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1PR

    Received 14 Mar 1994
  19. Decided93/P/18525

    change of use from class A1 retail to class A2 professional and financial services

    25 North Walk Cwmbran

    Received 25 Oct 1993
  20. Decided01/P/05940

    pitched roof two storey office building with split level ground floor and single storey industrial unit with ancillary offices B1 and B8 uses

    L& Off Llantarnam Parkway Adj To Newport Rd Cwmbran

    Received 18 Sept 2001
  21. Decided01/P/05471

    change of use to take away

    5 St Matthews Rd Blaendare Pontypool

    Received 31 May 2001
  22. Decided01/P/05350

    conservatory

    13 Brynglas Hollybush Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 8 May 2001
  23. Decided00/P/04775

    Extension to include bathroom, bedroom, garage and change of use of land to garden

    1A East View Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 9 Oct 2000
  24. Decided95/P/20263

    construction of footpath (area 0.036 ha)

    LWR Mill Ind Est Pontypool Gwent

    Received 11 Sept 1995

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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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