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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.
9,657 approved · 985 refused · 529 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8RP
Received 5 Jan 2017Sunnyside 7 Cwmynyscoy Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SN
Received 4 Jan 2017Former Cold Stores Court Road Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AS
Received 9 Jan 2017Brookfield Caerleon Road Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GX
Received 13 Jan 2017Land South Of Little Mill Brickworks Little Mill Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HD
Received 12 Jan 20176 Stokes Court Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1RY
Received 17 Jan 2017Former Nylon Spinners Mamhilad Park Estate Mamhilad Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Jan 2017Rougemont School Malpas Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP20 6QB
Received 17 Jan 2017Sluvad Farm Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX
Received 17 Jan 2017Land Adjacent Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Jan 2017Orange Communication Mast Estate Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 18 Jan 2017Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Jan 20174 Brickyard Cottages Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AG
Received 19 Jan 2017Rockhill Garage Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AR
Received 19 Jan 2017Former Lloyds Bank 28 -32 Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AE
Received 18 Jan 2017108 Manor Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DY
Received 19 Jan 20171 Campion Close Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EJ
Received 20 Jan 201759 South Street Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DZ
Received 18 Jan 20176 Candwr Park Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1HL
Received 23 Jan 2017Site Between Pontypool Active Living Centre And The Italian Gardens. Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AT
Received 18 Jan 2017Delfryn Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX
Received 23 Jan 201715 Llanover Road Estate Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HP
Received 24 Jan 201737 Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG
Received 23 Jan 2017123 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PJ
Received 25 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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