MYST Former Victoria Village School Lower Harpers Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PW
Approved on 3 October 2025
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of outside store and shelter. Construction of new single storey building to be used as a residential care facility for 1 child/young person
- Received
- 27 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Abersychan
- ReceivedReceived27 Jun
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation28 Aug
- TargetTarget Date24 Sep
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at MYST Former Victoria Village School Lower Harpers Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PW. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Abersychan. We hold 2,850 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 8PW
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 28 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 3 October 2030
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Torfaen County Borough Council
- Agent address
- Civic Centre Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6YB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Miss Caroline Pulley
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 20 August 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20205 Feb
Change of use of former school to office accommodation (B1). Works include the demolition of rear…
ApprovedFull Application20/P/0066/FUL - 201917 Jul
Change of use from school to part offices and community use to include the demolition of rear canteen block…
ApprovedFull Application19/P/0439/FUL - 20113 May
Proposed demountable wc block
ApprovedFull Application11/P/00221
Source: Torfaen
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