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17 British School Close Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7AS

26/P/0072/TPOWorks to a tree with a TPOApproved

Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce crown back towards boundary by 3m maximum at suitable lateral branches. Lift low foliage tips to 5m over 17/18. Remove dead or damaged branches over 17/18. Tree owner should have a full tree assessment carried out in order to meet their duty of care to neighbours.

Received
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abersychan
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 British School Close Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7AS. Torfaen has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Abersychan. We hold 2,850 applications in total for the NP4 postcode area.

94% of trees 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 7AS
Application type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation start
11 February 2026
Consultation end
4 March 2026
Last date for comments
4 March 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Hedyn
Agent address
Melin Office 2 Ty'r Felin Lower Mill Field Pontypool NP4 0RH

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Simon Pritchard
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14696630
Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Torfaen

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