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Gorse House Graig Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AS

25/P/0080/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 28 July 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of a dwelling house (Use Class C3) to an establishment providing 24hour supported living accommodation (Use Class C2) for up to No.8 vulnerable young adults, and the erection of a detached garage with accommodation in the roof space.

Received
4 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Cwmbran
Agent
Vista Planning
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 173 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Gorse House Graig Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AS. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Upper Cwmbran. We hold 947 applications in total for the NP44 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
NP44 5AS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cwmbran Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2025
Consultation expiry
27 March 2025
Consultation start
21 February 2025
Consultation end
14 March 2025
Last date for comments
27 March 2025
Target decision date
25 July 2025
Permission expires
28 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Vista Planning
Agent address
The Firs Brakenhurst Road Newchurch Hoar Cross DE13 8RQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Tom Braithwaite
Statutory period
170 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 March 2025
Site notice end
27 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13574758
Documents
29
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Torfaen

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