7 - 8 General Rees Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH
Approved on 27 January 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from financial and professional services (use class A2) to a tanning studio (unique class)
- Received
- 5 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Llantarnam
- Agent
- Squires Planning
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Jan
Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 - 8 General Rees Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Torfaen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 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
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Squires Planning
- Agent address
- Unit 2-3 Dorcan Business Village Murdock Road Dorcan Swindon SN3 5HY
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Justin Jones
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14578150
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20258 May
2 Fascia signs and 1 double sided projecting sign
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/P/0299/ADV - 20258 May
Proposed change of use of 7 General Rees Square from vacant bank (Class A2) to a betting shop (Sui Generis…
ApprovedFull Application25/P/0298/FUL - 202126 Apr
New illuminated Fascia with TSB Logo x1, TSB.co.uk Vinyl messaging x1, TSB ATM illuminated surround x1 and…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent21/P/0379/ADV
Source: Torfaen
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- Squires Planning · Agent for this application
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