Planning application
St Thomas's Church Church Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 24 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 27 Nov 2025
- 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.
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25/P/0654/LBC Awaiting decision
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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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 22 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Torfaen took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/P/0654/LBC (Pending Consideration)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
K W Dorrington Architectural Associates Agent, an architecture practice registered in Newport
Active · incorporated 2024 · Newport
37 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 70% granted
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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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