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St Thomas's Church Church Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen

25/P/0656/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 30 October 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of former St Thomas Church to mixed use including: 10 letting bedrooms for holiday accommodation (Use Class C6), managers accommodation, cafe and associated alterations

Received
24 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Abersychan
Agent
K W Dorrington Architectural Associates
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 337 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Thomas's Church Church Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 371 days, 45 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Abersychan.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2025
Consultation expiry
26 December 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2025
Last date for comments
26 December 2025
Target decision date
8 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
K W Dorrington Architectural Associates
Architect profile
K W DORRINGTON ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATES LTD
Agent address
116 Aberthaw Circle Newport S. Wales NP19 9QJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Mia McAndrew
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 November 2025
Site notice end
19 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Oct

    Proposed change of use of former St Thomas Church to mixed use including: 10 letting bedrooms for holiday…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside25/P/0654/LBC
  2. 2025
    24 Oct

    Proposed change of use of former St Thomas Church to mixed use including: 10 letting bedrooms for holiday…

    This applicationRefusedFull25/P/0656/FUL

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