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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Torfaen County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
9,585 approved · 970 refused · 525 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2004 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5 Pant Yr Eos Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DP
Received 19 Oct 201625-27 Victoria Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JN
Received 18 Oct 2016Ty-bryn Residential Care Home Brynteg Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DG
Received 19 Oct 2016Glen Oak Glencourt Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DX
Received 20 Oct 2016Land At Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Oct 2016111 Oakfield Road Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EX
Received 24 Oct 2016Tregarron Capel Newydd Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9LS
Received 24 Oct 2016Stray Leaves Ty Coch Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AX
Received 24 Oct 201631 Woodland Park Old Furnace Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6UP
Received 24 Oct 2016Unit 71 Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BE
Received 24 Oct 2016Land At Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Oct 2016Land At Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Oct 20162 Commercial Street Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JF
Received 27 Oct 201643 Woodfield Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PS
Received 31 Oct 2016Land Adjacent Unit 11 Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TW
Received 31 Oct 2016197 Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BG
Received 1 Nov 2016Pegasus House Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool NP4 0TW
Received 1 Nov 2016Llanyrafon Manor Llanfrechfa Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HP
Received 31 Oct 2016Greenmeadow Farm Harpers Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QG
Received 1 Nov 201620 Stokes Court Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1RY
Received 2 Nov 201621 Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DY
Received 2 Nov 2016Cwmbran Fancy Dress 3 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PE
Received 2 Nov 2016Cwmffrwdoer Primary School Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QZ
Received 2 Nov 2016Cwmffrwdoer Primary School Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QZ
Received 2 Nov 2016Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Torfaen County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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