Planning application
Snatchwood View Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Fell TPO trees T3.14, T3.15, T3.16 and T3.G2 as part of urgent highway safety works required to be carried out on the roadside retaining wall to the west side of Snatchwood Road. The wall is in poor condition with various bulges and areas of damage, it is now in danger of collapse.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/0064/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/0064/TPO
- Type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 6 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 6 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 23 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Pontnewynydd And Snatchwood
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Feb 2026
Received by Torfaen
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23 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- TPO APPROVAL DECISION NOTICE
- . ECOLOGIST ENVIRONMENT TEAM
- LANDSCAPE OFFICER COMMENTS
- PONTYPOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
- . ARBORICULTURAL OFFICER
- HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION
- ECOLOGY COMMENTS
- APPROVED SITE LOCATION PLAN
- APPROVED REPORT
- APPLICATION FORM
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Torfaen granted permission on 23 March 2026, 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.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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