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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Decided01/P/05912

    detached garage

    7 Campbell St Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DU

    Received 11 Sept 2001
  2. Decided01/P/05468

    remove deadwood from crown, remove epicormic growth from stem, slightly reduce limbs over hanging adjacent property, to re-balance column

    27 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool

    Received 29 May 2001
  3. Decided01/P/05349

    conversion of garage to snooker room and extension for new garage with bedrooms over

    4 Tudor Woods Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 8 May 2001
  4. Decided92/P/17324

    new light vehicular access over pavement

    73 Oakl&S Rd Sebastopol Pontypool

    Received 19 Aug 1992
  5. Decided96/P/00227

    change of use from outdoor activity centre to a single dwelling

    The Old SCH Activity Centre Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon

    Received 24 Jun 1996
  6. Decided95/P/20107

    mirrored fascia panel

    F Hinds 6 The Mall Cwmbran Town Centre

    Received 7 Jul 1995
  7. Decided95/P/19695

    single storey extension to front of house to incorporate porch

    7 Russell CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 0LZ

    Received 24 Jan 1995
  8. Decided93/P/17985

    Loft conversion - bedroom/ensuite

    48 Thornhill CL Upper Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 26 Apr 1993
  9. Decided94/P/19654

    to locate a steel box measuring approx 20 ins X 20 ins X 2ft 8 ins bolted to a concrete plinth

    JCT Of Ty Gwyn Way/Brunel Rd On Grass Verge Fairwater Cwmbran

    Received 16 Dec 1994
  10. Decided00/P/04890

    building identification signage

    Britax Rumbold Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran

    Received 15 Nov 2000
  11. Decided00/P/04740

    replace existing damaged slate roof with vandal proof decra roof system

    Greenmeadow Community Farm Greenforge Way Cwmbran Torfaen

    Received 6 Oct 2000
  12. Withdrawn00/P/04061

    certificate of lawfulness for existing workshop for motor car repairs and respraying

    Old Furnace Garage Crumlin Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6UR

    Received 13 Apr 2000
  13. Decided86/P/11751

    14 No. Dwellings and associated parking road access services and landscaping provision

    L& Adj Railway Tce Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent

    Received 25 Sept 1986
  14. Decided99/P/02770

    4 No. new condensers to be positioned on the flat roof area to serve 2 new air conditioning cassettes in the shop ceiling

    Etams Plc 30 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PS

    Received 9 Feb 1999
  15. Decided87/P/12034

    Glazed roof covering and alterations to levels

    Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 17 Feb 1987
  16. Decided86/P/11858

    Erection of a swithch room for SWEB and Air locks to each of th main production areas

    Hi Tech Unit 2 William Brown CL Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 6 Nov 1986
  17. Decided86/P/11813

    Provision of external cladding

    Pontypool Golf Club Lasgarn Lane Trevethin Pontypool Gwent

    Received 22 Oct 1986
  18. Decided86/P/11788

    Pedestrian access

    Tramway House School View Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LB

    Received 10 Oct 1986
  19. Decided86/P/11569

    Alterations to shopfront

    14-20 North Walk Caradoc Rd Cwmbran 9

    Received 15 Jul 1986
  20. Decided86/P/11522

    Tiled Motif

    Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 23 Jun 1986
  21. Decided93/P/18560

    shop signs and 1 no. projecting sign

    The Clarks Shop 14 The Parade Cwmbran

    Received 11 Nov 1993
  22. Decided93/P/18241

    3 No. signs

    Midl& Bank BRD St Blaenavon Gwent

    Received 21 Jul 1993
  23. Decided93/P/17845

    Substitution of house type (Two storey house) and associated works

    L& At Ty Canol Way Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 5 Mar 1993
  24. Decided93/P/17795

    Erection of fence

    Blaenwern Off Avondale Rd Cwmbran Gwent

    Received 12 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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