Planning application
Former Pontypool College Blaendare Road Cwmynyscoy Pontypool NP4 5YE
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of existing school and no. 107 Blaendare Road and redevelopment to provide 134 residential dwellings, a new changing room and parking for the existing sports pitch, formation of a wider access and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/P/0456/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/0456/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 25 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 25 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Pontypool Fawr
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- NP4 5YE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Sep 2026
Received by Torfaen
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28 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 November 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 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Asbri Planning Ltd. Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bridgend
Active · incorporated 2007 · Bridgend
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
65 documents on file for this application
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT - SPRING DESIGN
- TREE REPORT - ARBTS ARBORICULTURAL TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - ECOLOGICAL SERVICES LTD
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- HOW THE FEE WAS CALCULATED
- A SUMMARY OF THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE PROPOSAL
- LOCATION PLAN (03) REV A
- 211 FLOOR PLANS 211 (03) 200
- 212 FLOOR PLANS 212 (03) 200 REV A
- CHANGING ROOM PLANS & ELEVATIONS CR(03)200
- 421 FLOOR PLANS 421 (02) 200
- 532 FLOOR PLANS 532 (03) 200
- 212 FLOOR PLANS 212-25 (03) 200
- 642 SPECIAL - FLOOR PLANS 642S (03) 200
- EXTERNAL STORES PLANS & ELEVATIONS ES(03)300
- 213 FLOOR PLANS 213 (03) 200
- 531 FLOOR PLANS 531 (03) 200
- 421 & 422 - FLOOR PLANS 422 (02) 200
- 642 FLOOR PLANS 642 (02) 200
- 641 FLOOR PLANS 641 (02) 200
- PLOT HANDINGS
- 532 ELEVATIONS 532 (03) 300
- SITE SECTIONS 00(03)401
- 421 ELEVATIONS 421 (02) 300
- SITE SECTIONS 00 (03) 400
- 212 ELEVATIONS 212-2S (03) 300
- 213 ELEVATIONS 213 (03) 300
- 211 ELEVATIONS 211 (03) 300
- STREET SCENES 5-7 00 (03) 412
- STREET SCENES 1-3 00 (03) 410 REV A
- 421 & 422 ELEVATIONS 422 (02) 300
- OPEN SPACE & KEY BUILDINGS PLAN (03) 104 REV A
- WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (03) 107
- 642 ELEVATIONS 642 (03) 300
- OPEN SPACE CATCHMENT PLAN (03) 105
- SITE SECTIONS & STREET SCENES SITE PLAN KEY (03) 108
- MATERIALS LAYOUT (02) 1002 REV A
- BOUNDARY TREATMENTS LAYOUT (03) 106 REV A
- 214 FLOOR PLANS 211 (03) 200
- 642 SPECIAL - ELEVATIONS 642S (03) 300
- 641 ELEVATIONS 641 (02) 300
- 105-107 BLAENDARE ROAD EXISTING ELEVATIONS (03) 371 REV A
- STREET SCENE 4 00 (03) 411 REV A
- 105-107 BLAENDARE ROAD PROPOSED ELEVATIONS (03) 370 REV A
- EXISTING LOCATION PLAN (03) 103
- 321 PLANS & ELEVATIONS 321 (02) 300
- BOUNDARY TREATMENT ELEVATIONS BT (03) 300
- ROAD & SEWER LONG SECTIONS - SHEET 1 600-1 REV C
- TYPICAL TYPE 3 PUMPING STATION LAYOUT SDM4001/005 REV A
- ROAD & SEWER LONG SECTIONS - SHEET 2 600-2 REV C
- SECTION ON X-X - KIOSK
- TREE PIT DETAILS DR-L-203 REV PL01
- ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT PLAN DR-L-205 REV PL03
- SOFT LANDSCAPE PLAN DR-L-202 REV PL06
- INDICATIVE LANDSCAPE SECTIONS DR-L-204 REV PL01
- GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE LANDSCAPE PLAN DR-L-201 REV PL06
- ENERGY STATEMENT - HEDYN
- BAT SURVEY - ECOLOGICAL SERVICES LTD
- COVERING LETTER
- FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN BY MAGNA TRANSPORT PLANNING LTD
- PLANNING APPLICATION GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT BY SOLTYSBREWSTER
- HEDYN DRAFT PROPOSALS FOR WORKS TO THE EXISTING PLAYING FIELD AT COLEG GWENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT - ASBRI PLANNING
- PRE APPLICATION CONSULTATION REPORT - ASBRI PLANNING
- COVERING LETTER
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