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St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen

23/P/0296/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 November 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 a multi-use cultural facility and function rooms. Repair and conserve the existing historic fabric using like-for-like materials. The construction of a single storey toilet extension, the installation of glazed screens, a glass balcony and a new door on the south-east elevation to provide a fire escape

Received
22 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontypool Fawr
Agent
Bolwell and Hayward Ltd
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.15 Jun
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 189 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen. Torfaen has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 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.

91% of heritage 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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2023
Consultation expiry
28 June 2023
Consultation start
25 May 2023
Consultation end
15 June 2023
Last date for comments
28 June 2023
Target decision date
11 December 2023
Decision issued
14 December 2023
Permission expires
14 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bolwell and Hayward Ltd
Agent address
3 Beachcliff The Esplanade Monmouth CF64 3AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
203 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12171385
Documents
63
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 Sep

    DOC 9 - Structural Appraisal Report on Existing Roof Structure, application 23/P/0296/LBC

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/P/0440/CND
  2. 2024
    11 Mar

    Partial discharge of condition 7 (retention of bell) of planning permission 23/P/0296/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/P/0157/CND
  3. 2023
    22 May

    Change of use to form a cafe/eatery and a multi-use cultural facility and function rooms. Repair and conserve…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/P/0296/LBC

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