Planning application
The White House (Building 1) Cwmavon Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 8UW
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 detached former Office Building (Planning Class B1) to Residential Nursing Home (Planning Class C2) and associated external works
As published by the council, reference 26/P/0511/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/0511/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 29 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Abersychan
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NP4 8UW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Oct 2026
Received by Torfaen
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3 Nov 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 December 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 26/P/0362/LBC
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Creation Design Wales Agent, a design practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
23 documents on file for this application
- SITE LOCATION PLAN 26-036/P/01
- SITE PLAN AS EXISTING 26-036/P/02
- FLOOR PLANS AS EXISTING 26-036/P/03
- ELEVATIONS AS EXISTING 26-036/P/04
- SITE PLAN AS PROPOSED 26-036/P/05
- FLOOR PLANS AS PROPOSED 26-036/P/06
- ELEVATIONS AS PROPOSED 26-036/P/07
- SITE SECTIONS 26-036/P/08
- APPLICATION FORM
- BAT ACTIVITY SURVEY (BAS)
- CONSTRUCTION CONDITION STATEMENT
- CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (CEMP)
- DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT/ STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT (PEAR)
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- MARKETING ASSESSMENT - POLICY EET5
- HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT (HIA)
- GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT
- FLOOD CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT (FCA)
- ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ASSESSMENT
- COVERING EMAIL
- DRAWING SCHEDULE
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