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99 Railway Cottages Station Street Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QL

25/P/0737/CEACert of Lawful Use/Operation - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Annexe in garden

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abersychan
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 99 Railway Cottages Station Street Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QL. Torfaen has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker 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.

88% of outline 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development is not lawful for the purpose of Section 192 of the Act as the proposal would result in the construction of a self-contained residential unit.
  2. The proposal does not represent permitted development under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2013 in Schedule 1, Part 1, Class E.1(e) and (g), as the proposed building would exceed the permitted height criteria.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NP4 8QL
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Miss Caroline Pulley
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14200867
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Torfaen

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