Planning application
1 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from A2 Unit to Mixed Use A3 and two C3 Units and internal alterations
As published by the council, reference 25/P/0220/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/P/0220/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 28 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 28 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 15 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Pontypool Fawr
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NP4 6XU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Torfaen register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/P/0221/LBC Granted
1 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XU
Change of Use from A2 Unit to Mixed Use A3 and C3 Units and internal alterations
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Mar 2025
Received by Torfaen
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15 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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3 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/P/0221/LBC (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Architect Designs Agent, an architecture practice registered in Monmouth
Active · incorporated 2024 · Monmouth
22 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 90% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
52 documents on file for this application
- FUL APPROVAL DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- . PUBLIC HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMENTS
- APPROVED AMENDED PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - 08 REV 03
- APPROVED AMENDED PROPOSED PLANS - 05 REV 03
- APPROVED 1 COMMERCIAL STREET - EXTRACTION VENTILATION SYSTEM
- SUPERSEDED AMENDED PROPOSED PLANS - 05 REV 03
- AMENDED PROPOSED PLANS - VENTILATION - 05 REV 03
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMENTS
- SUPERSEDED AMENDED PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - 08 REV 03
- AMENDED PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - 07 REV 02
- APPROVED AMENDED PROPOSED PLANS - 06 REV 01
- SUPERSEDED AMENDED PROPOSED PLANS - 05 REV 01
- AMENDED EXISTING ELEVATIONS - 04 REV 02
- AMENDED EXISTING ELEVATIONS - 03
- AMENDED EXISTING FLOOR PLANS - 02
- AMENDED EXISTING FLOOR PLANS - 01
- APPROVED BAT EMERGENCE AND RE-ENTRY SURVEYS (BERS)
- SUPERSEDED EXTRACT VENTILATION SYSTEM
- . PONTYPOOL CC
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
- WELSH WATER COMMENTS
- . PUBLIC HEALTH
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- WASTE - WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICE STANDARDS
- WASTE - GUIDANCE NOTE - VEHICULAR ACCESS
- WASTE - GUIDANCE NOTE PROVISION OF SUFFICIENT BIN STORAGE
- WASTE - GUIDANCE NOTE DESIGN AND SITING OF BIN STORAGE AREAS
- WASTE COMMENTS
- HOUSING COMMENTS
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- HOW THE FEE WAS CALCULATED
- APPROVED THE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN - 11
- APPROVED PROPOSED SITE PLAN - 12
- APPROVED BINS & BIKES - FLATS - 13
- APPROVED BIKES - COMMERCIAL - 14
- APPROVED BINS - COMMERCIAL - 15
- APPROVED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT
- HERITAGE STATEMENT AND DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT & PARKING STATEMENT
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY - COMPLETED FORM
- HERITAGE STATEMENT AND DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - 08
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED ELEVATIONS - 07
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED PLANS - 06 REV 01
- SUPERSEDED PROPOSED PLANS - 05
- SUPERSEDED EXISTING ELEVATIONS - 04
- SUPERSEDED EXISTING ELEVATIONS - 03
- SUPERSEDED EXISTING FLOOR PLANS - 02
- SUPERSEDED EXISTING FLOOR PLANS - 01
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Torfaen granted permission on 15 December 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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