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Unit 3a Lakeside Court Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GA

26/P/0041/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 10 July 2026

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

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Proposal

Change of use of existing ground floor premises from B1 to D1 to provide a chiropractic clinic.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Llantarnam
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 3a Lakeside Court Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GA. Torfaen has handled 2,254 applications of this type. This one was decided in 165 days, 16 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would be in an out of town location that would encourage the use of private motor vehicles. This would be contrary to policies S2 and S3 of the Torfaen County Borough Council Local Development Plan (to 2021) (December 2013) and Planning Policy Wales (Edition 12, February 2024); Policy 6 of Future Wales: National Plan 2040 and advice contained within TAN 4 (Economic Development
  2. The proposal would result in the the loss of an existing B1 use without justification, which would be contrary to policies S6 and EET5 of the Torfaen County Borough Council Local Development Plan (to 2021) (December 2013), Policy 6 of Future Wales: National Plan 2040 and advice contained within TAN 23 (Economic Development) APPLICATION NUMBER - 26/P/0041/FUL REFULZ

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NP44 3GA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cwmbran Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Consultation expiry
9 June 2026
Consultation start
26 May 2026
Consultation end
9 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
9 June 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Westfield Archtects
Agent address
2 Alexandra Road Ffordd Pengam Cardiff CF23 2SA

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Simon Pritchard
Statutory period
87 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14646656
Documents
18
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    1 Sep

    Change of use of existing ground floor premises from B1 to D1 to provide a chiropractic clinic (re-submission…

    ApprovedApplicationRelated26/P/0411/FUL
  2. 2026
    26 Jan

    Change of use of existing ground floor premises from B1 to D1 to provide a chiropractic clinic.

    This applicationRefusedFull26/P/0041/FUL

Source: Torfaen

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