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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
188Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 21,422 approved or refused records
2,431Refused applications

18,991 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided01/P/05530

    B1 development consisting of 4 No. 2 storey units and 2 No. 3 storey units (total floor area circa 3,700 Sq m)

    Site Adj To The Parkway Hotel Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran

    Received 14 Jun 2001
  2. Decided00/P/04634

    fascia and projecting sign

    5 George St Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 23 Aug 2000
  3. Decided85/P/11061

    Erection of garage

    The Sycamores Wainfelin Rd Pontypool Gwent

    Received 21 Nov 1985
  4. Unknown98/P/02230

    Erection of 32 dwellings (futher canalside footpath link details)

    Land Off Maesderwen Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 13 Jul 1998
  5. Decided98/P/01878

    single storey extension at rear of property

    17 The Ave Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AF

    Received 3 Mar 1998
  6. Unknown98/P/01833

    Erection of garage

    11 Festival Crescent New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 17 Feb 1998
  7. Withdrawn94/P/18692

    residential development

    38 Rosemead Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BN

    Received 12 Jan 1994
  8. Decided94/P/19661

    substitution of housetype to plot 90- 33, Pensarn Way

    Westbury Homes Res Devt Henllys Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 22 Dec 1994
  9. Decided94/P/19140

    extension to goods receive and despatch bay

    Lucas Car Braking Systems New Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 15 Jun 1994
  10. Decided97/P/00758

    new access off Crumlin Road

    Site Adj Oakdene Crumlin Rd Pontypool

    Received 16 Jan 1997
  11. Decided96/P/20711

    class A1 single storey non food retail unit

    Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 29 Mar 1996
  12. Decided96/P/00216

    implements & storage building

    Yew Tree Farm Mountain Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AA

    Received 19 Jun 1996
  13. Withdrawn01/P/06290

    summer room extension with access to roof for leisure purposes

    Yew Tree Cottage Llanfrechfa Cwmbran

    Received 19 Dec 2001
  14. Decided01/P/06071

    rear conservatory

    44 Lansdowne Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 8 Oct 2001
  15. Decided01/P/05893

    detached garage

    9 Alex&Ra Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 5 Sept 2001
  16. Decided01/P/05062

    build a garage

    2 Cwmnant Villas Cwmbran

    Received 5 Feb 2001
  17. Decided01/P/05029

    erection of a conservatory on the rear elevation

    59 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran

    Received 23 Jan 2001
  18. Decided00/P/04447

    single storey extension to rear, conservatory to side

    The Poplars Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 26 Jul 2000
  19. Decided00/P/04187

    new teaching block

    Rougemont SCH Llantarnam Hall Malpas Rd Newport

    Received 23 May 2000
  20. Decided99/P/03347

    single storey front extension

    32 Plantation Drive Croesyceiliog Cwmbran

    Received 15 Sept 1999
  21. Decided95/P/19764

    removal of condition on planning consent 94/P/19360

    Unit 22 Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BA

    Received 7 Mar 1995
  22. Decided94/P/19540

    location of hazardous material store

    Nimbus Manufacturing (UK) Ltd Unit 2 Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3AB

    Received 4 Nov 1994
  23. Decided94/P/19080

    single storey breakfast & utility room

    Bryn Ysgawen The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 23 May 1994
  24. Decided94/P/18951

    one dwelling

    Building Plot Tram Rd Upper Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 30 Apr 1994

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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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