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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.
9,651 approved · 984 refused · 529 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Varteg Road Varteg Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Dec 2016Land West Of Cwmbran Drive South Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen Torfaen
Received 21 Dec 2016Drapers Lock Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AR
Received 22 Dec 2016Street Record Greenwillows Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Dec 201616 Fields Avenue Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RS
Received 3 Jan 201737 Broadway Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HW
Received 3 Jan 20175 South Close Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8UL
Received 30 Dec 2016Pentwyn Farm Mission Hall Road Pentwyn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7TJ
Received 4 Jan 201740 Melbourne Court Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3ES
Received 4 Jan 20174 Wainfelin Road Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DE
Received 4 Jan 2017Coed Eva Junior & Infant School Teynes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TG
Received 6 Jan 2017Brynderwen Old Lane Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DG
Received 9 Jan 20171 Oakfield Terrace Varteg Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9DS
Received 10 Jan 2017Former Cowhouse And Small Barn At Court Farm Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JB
Received 10 Jan 2017Former Cowhouse And Small Barn At Court Farm Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JB
Received 10 Jan 2017Cefn Perthy Farm Access Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Jan 2017Various Properties On Ty Fry Estate And Hillside Avenue Estate Blaenavon NP4 9NU
Received 11 Jan 2017Land South Of Little Mill Brickworks Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen
Received 11 Jan 2017The Open Hearth Open Hearth Close Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DR
Received 11 Jan 201711 The Twinings Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4ST
Received 4 Jan 2017Land South Of Little Mill Brickworks Little Mill Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HD
Received 12 Jan 2017Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Jan 201718 Oakview Court Llanover Rd Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9PR
Received 6 Jan 201736 Springfield Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NA
Received 6 Jan 2017Records 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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