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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided01/P/05247

    conservatory to be built at rear of the property

    14 Gelli Fawr CRT Henllys Cwmbran

    Received 3 Apr 2001
  2. Decided00/P/04662

    renovation including rebuilding of boundary walls and pitched roof to rear (AMENDED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS)

    17 BRD St Blaenavon Torfaen

    Received 5 Sept 2000
  3. Decided99/P/02846

    loft conversion

    32 Coed Y C&Do New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 4 Mar 1999
  4. Decided99/P/02796

    alterations to existing pavilion and changing rooms

    Cwmbran Park Pavlion Henllys Way Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 18 Feb 1999
  5. Decided98/P/02293

    conservatory to rear of property

    67 Glan Rhyd Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6TY

    Received 5 Aug 1998
  6. Unknown98/P/02072

    single storey kitchen extension including demolition of existing

    12 Market St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9ET

    Received 12 May 1998
  7. Decided98/P/01890

    single storey pitched roof extension to side of house

    9 Campion CL Henllys Cwmbran NP44 6EJ

    Received 5 Mar 1998
  8. Decided97/P/01708

    enlargement of male cloakrooms

    Burtons Biscuits Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP44 3YL

    Received 18 Dec 1997
  9. Decided93/P/17773

    single storey kitchen extension

    81/82 King St Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 4 Feb 1993
  10. Decided97/P/00932

    two storey extension to side elevation

    Pentre Basket Cottage Ty Coch Cwmbran

    Received 10 Mar 1997
  11. Decided96/P/00627

    erect PVCU conservatory to rear of property

    15 Avondale Rd Cwmbran NP44 1UD

    Received 14 Nov 1996
  12. Decided95/P/19755

    new shopfront

    12 The Parade Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Feb 1995
  13. Decided94/P/19571

    new four bedroom house with basement garage

    Plot 43 Ty Canol Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 21 Nov 1994
  14. Decided94/P/19250

    first floor rear bedroom and bathroom extension

    18 Upper Bridge St Pontypool Gwent

    Received 26 Jul 1994
  15. Decided94/P/18960

    extension to form garage and dining room

    104 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent

    Received 6 Apr 1994
  16. Decided98/P/02399

    extension of restaurant hours to include Sunday evenings modification to condition 3 attached to permission P/7270

    25-27 Victoria Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JN

    Received 15 Sept 1998
  17. Decided98/P/02178

    two storey side extension

    180 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen

    Received 18 Jun 1998
  18. Decided98/P/02133

    proposed internal alterations and extension to provide nursery

    Maendy Inf SCH Wayfield Crescent Cwmbran

    Received 5 Jun 1998
  19. Decided97/P/01389

    erection of conservatory at rear of property and extension to garage (retrospective)

    32 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran

    Received 11 Aug 1997
  20. Decided97/P/01168

    erection of single storey retail unit

    Forgehammer Woodside Rd Cwmbran

    Received 5 Jun 1997
  21. Decided97/P/01123

    erection of conservatory with dwarf wall

    17 Warwick CL Maes Y Rhiw Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 5HG

    Received 21 May 1997
  22. Decided01/P/05278

    change of use from school playing field to parking bay for dropping off and picking up school children

    Pontymoile Primary SCH Hillside Drive Blaendare

    Received 19 Apr 2001
  23. Withdrawn01/P/05099

    two storey extension to side and internal alterations

    Talocher Farm Pentrepiod Pontypool

    Received 19 Feb 2001
  24. Decided00/P/04137

    erection of a close boarded fence adjacent to the highway extension to incorporate kitchen shower room and pool enclosure

    1 The Paddocks Llanyrafon Cwmbran

    Received 11 May 2000

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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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