Planning application
Ground Floor 2 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Retention of A1 use to the ground floor, and alterations & repairs to form 5 self-contained flats on the first and second floors
As published by the council, reference 24/P/0735/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 24/P/0735/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 3 Dec 2024
- Validated
- 25 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 26 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Pontypool Fawr
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NP4 6JJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Torfaen register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/P/0498/CND Awaiting decision
Ground Floor 2 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
DOC Conditions 3 (Specification of Works), 4 (Details of proposed insulated dry lining systems), 5 (a full schedule and large-scale details for the repair or replacement of vertical sliding sash windows fronting Commercial Street or Crane Street), 6 (Details of all proposed new rear windows and any exterior doors), 7 (schedule for the redecoration of external joinery, shopfront and masonry (colours and paint specification) and 8 Details of any secondary glazing shall be submitted to and approved) for planning application 24/P/0736/LBC.
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24/P/0736/LBC Granted
Ground Floor 2 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Retention of A1 use to the ground floor, and alterations & repairs to form 5 self-contained flats on the first and second floors
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Dec 2024
Received by Torfaen
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25 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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16 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
47 documents on file for this application
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Torfaen granted permission on 26 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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