Planning application
Bethel Chapel Bethel Lane Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposal (installation of 10 all-black low profile solar panels)
As published by the council, reference 26/P/0303/CEA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/0303/CEA
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve unconditionally
- Received
- 8 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Upper Cwmbran
- Parish
- Cwmbran Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NP44 5AF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jul 2026
Received by Torfaen
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve unconditionally
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- CLOPUD APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATE
- APPROVED APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- HOW THE FEE WAS CALCULATED
- A SUMMARY OF THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE PROPOSAL
- APPROVED THE LOCATION PLAN
- APPROVED ASTROENERGY SOLAR PANEL SPECIFICATIONS
- APPROVED PV-EZRACK TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
- APPROVED SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM PROPOSAL
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Torfaen granted permission on 17 July 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 this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Torfaen's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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