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St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL

26/P/0373/CNDDischarge ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 October 2026

Council decision: Approve unconditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) relating to planning application 23/P/0105/FUL change of use to form a cafe/eatery and multi-use cultural facility including cinema, food market, arts fair and function rooms. Changes to the building include the construction of a single storey toilet extension, the installation of glazed screens to separate the nave from the south-west aisle, and the chancel. A glass balcony is to be installed and a new door is to be inserted in the south-east elevation to provide a fire escape.

Received
13 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Pontypool Fawr
Agent
Graham Frecknall Architecture & Design
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL. Torfaen has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Torfaen's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Pontypool Fawr. We hold 2,851 applications in total for the NP4 postcode area.

98% of conditions 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 6JL
Application type
Discharge Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pontypool Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2026
Consultation start
14 August 2026
Consultation end
4 September 2026
Last date for comments
4 September 2026
Target decision date
24 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Graham Frecknall Architecture & Design
Agent address
Wyastone Business Park Wyastone Leys Monmouth NP25 3SR

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Simon Pritchard
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15143814
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Aug

    Discharge of condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) relating to planning application 23/P/0105/FUL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions26/P/0373/CND
  2. 2023
    21 Feb

    Change of use to form a cafe/eatery and multi-use cultural facility including cinema, food market, arts fair…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of23/P/0105/FUL

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