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St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL

23/P/0105/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 December 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to form a cafe/eatery and multi-use cultural facility including cinema, food market, arts fair and function rooms. Changes to the building include the construction of a single storey toilet extension, the installation of glazed screens to separate the nave from the south-west aisle, and the chancel. A glass balcony is to be installed and a new door is to be inserted in the south-east elevation to provide a fire escape.

Received
21 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontypool Fawr
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 275 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 296 days, 34 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Pontypool Fawr. We hold 2,851 applications in total for the NP4 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Torfaen County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NP4 6JL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2023
Consultation expiry
28 August 2023
Consultation start
7 August 2023
Consultation end
28 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 June 2023
Last date for comments
28 August 2023
Target decision date
11 December 2023
Permission expires
14 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
272 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
21 June 2023
Site notice start
7 June 2023
Site notice end
28 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11946962
Documents
69
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Aug

    Discharge of condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) relating to planning application 23/P/0105/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/P/0373/CND
  2. 2023
    21 Feb

    Change of use to form a cafe/eatery and multi-use cultural facility including cinema, food market, arts fair…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/P/0105/FUL

Source: Torfaen

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