Christmas Cottage Varteg Terrace Shop Road Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UR
Approved on 3 August 2026
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Mature Horse Chestnut on the boundary of the property has been surveyed by James Pinder and has recommended a 3-4 meter reduction. please find attached tree report. the tree is also damageing the wall and driveway.
- Received
- 7 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Abersychan
- Agent
- Joshua Tree Services
- ReceivedReceived7 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Jul
- Consult.Consultation31 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Aug
- DecidedDecided3 Aug
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Christmas Cottage Varteg Terrace Shop Road Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UR. Torfaen has handled 175 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 2,851 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 8UR
- Application type
- Works to a tree with a TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pontypool Community Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 31 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Joshua Tree Services
- Agent address
- 9 Lewis Close Llantilio Pertholey Abergavenny NP76PU
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Miss Alice Kelly
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15066104
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 27
Site constraints
Source: Torfaen
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