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6-7 General Rees Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH

25/P/0298/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 July 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed change of use of 7 General Rees Square from vacant bank (Class A2) to a betting shop (Sui Generis use class). Proposal to include changes to the shop fronts of both numbers 6 & 7 General Rees Square and the blocking up of a rear doorway

Received
8 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Llantarnam
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target31 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6-7 General Rees Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Llantarnam. We hold 948 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 1AH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cwmbran Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Consultation expiry
11 July 2025
Consultation start
20 June 2025
Consultation end
11 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2025
Last date for comments
11 July 2025
Target decision date
31 July 2025
Permission expires
23 July 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32 Eyre Street Sheffield City Centre Sheffield S1 4QZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 June 2025
Site notice end
11 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13996164
Documents
18
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    8 May

    Proposed change of use of 7 General Rees Square from vacant bank (Class A2) to a betting shop (Sui Generis…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/P/0298/FUL
  2. 2025
    8 May

    2 Fascia signs and 1 double sided projecting sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside25/P/0299/ADV

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