Planning application
Forge Big Pit (blaenafon) Trust Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Industrial Estate Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9XP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
External fabric repairs to the Forge Buildings and installation of ASHP to serve the Play Lab and the cafe
As published by the council, reference 25/P/0495/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/P/0495/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 28 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 21 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Blaenavon
- Parish
- Blaenavon Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NP4 9XP
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/0494/FUL Granted
Forge Big Pit (blaenafon) Trust Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Industrial Estate Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9XP
External fabric repairs to the Forge Buildings and installation of ASHP to serve the Play Lab and the cafe
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by Torfaen
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28 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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25/P/0758/CND Granted
Big Pit (blaenafon) Trust Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Industrial Estate Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9XP
Discharge of condition 3 (Details of windows and doors of planning application) of Listed Building Consent Ref: 25/P/0495/LBC - External fabric repairs to the Forge Buildings and installation of ASHP to serve the Play Lab and the cafe
- Application: 25/P/0494/FUL (Decided)
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
28 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- LBC APPROVAL DECISION NOTICE
- GGAT COMMENTS
- HERITAGE OFFICER - R CANNON
- BUILT HERITAGE COMMENTS
- APPROVED ASHP COMPOUND ELEVATIONS DR-A-20704 REV C01
- APPROVED AMENDED ELEVATIONS- FABRIC REPAIRS DR-A-20702 REV C02
- APPROVED AMENDED HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT REV C02 BY DB3 GROUP
- APPROVED DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- HOW THE FEE WAS CALCULATED
- A SUMMARY OF THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE PROPOSAL
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- APPROVED ELEVATIONS - FABRIC REPAIRS - DR-A-20701 REV C01
- SUPERSEDED ELEVATIONS - FABRIC REPAIRS - DR-A-20702 REV C01
- APPROVED ELEVATIONS - FABRIC REPAIRS - DR-A-20703 REV C01
- APPROVED CHIMNEY FLASHING DETAIL - DR-A-41001 REV C01
- SITE PLAN EXISTING - DR-A-90002 REV C01
- APPROVED PROPOSED SITE PLAN - DR-A-90003 REV C01
- APPROVED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT - VER C01 - AUGUST 2025 - DB3
- APPROVED SCHEDULE OF WORKS
- APPROVED SCHEDULE OF WINDOWS AND DOORS REPAIRS
- SUPERSEDED HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT - C01 AUG 2025 - DB3
- APPROVED BIG PIT CAFE & PLAYZONE BWIC - DR-M-50-1024 REV P01
- APPROVED BIG PIT CAFE & PLAYZONE HEATING SERVICES PLAN - DR-M-50-1023 REV P01
- APPROVED BIG PIT CAFE & PLAYZONE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY PLAN - DR-E-50-1027 REV P01
- APPROVED BIG PIT CAFE & PLAYZONE EXTERNAL PIPEWORK LAYOUT - DR-M-50-1021 REV P01
- APPROVED BIT PIT CAFE & PLAYZONE HEATING SCHEMATIC - SC-M-50-1020 REV P01
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Torfaen granted permission on 21 October 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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