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Sharon Church Osborne Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LU

25/P/0304/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

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Proposal

Proposed provision of community hub (Use Class D1) and café (Use Class A3) at existing church (D1) to create mixed use, first floor/roof extension, two storey rear extension, landscaping to rear and new fenestration

Received
13 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontypool Fawr
Agent
Fine Design Conservation
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 272 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at Sharon Church Osborne Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LU. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 352 days, 42 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 6LU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2025
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Last date for comments
5 May 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026
Permission expires
30 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Fine Design Conservation
Agent address
Croes Hywel Old Monmouth Road ABERGAVENNY NP7 8BS

Planning decision

Case officer
Mia McAndrew
Statutory period
266 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 August 2025
Site notice end
3 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14008261
Documents
42
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    26 Jun

    2no. replacement signage to front elevation

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/P/0400/ADV

Source: Torfaen

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