Planning application
St Thomas's Church Church Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Proposed change of use of former St Thomas Church to mixed use including: 10 letting bedrooms for holiday accommodation (Use Class C6), managers accommodation, cafe and associated alterations
As published by the council, reference 25/P/0656/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/P/0656/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 24 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 30 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Abersychan
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Torfaen register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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25/P/0654/LBC Refused
St Thomas's Church Church Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Proposed change of use of former St Thomas Church to mixed use including: 10 letting bedrooms for holiday accommodation (Use Class C6), managers accommodation, cafe and associated alterations
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Oct 2025
Received by Torfaen
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27 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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30 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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30 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Pending Consideration.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/P/0654/LBC (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT
- DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT
- PLANNING NOTICE NO 1 TO CHURCH IN WALES
- PLANNING CERTIFICATE B.
- WELSH TOURISM OCCUPANCY AND RATES REPORT.
- TY MAWR WALL INSULATION TECH DETAILS
- SITE PLAN
- SILICATE-MASONRY-PAINT-DATA-SHEET-2025
- LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS & SECTION - KD2042-4
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS - KD2042-3
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN - KD2042-2
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN - KD2042-2
- ECOLOGICAL SERVICES - BAT SURVEY AUG 2025
- CONSTRAINT SHEET
- APPLICATION FORM.
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