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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.
9,687 approved · 996 refused · 529 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Uplands Cottage North Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9RQ
Received 13 Feb 2017Threepenny Bit Community Centre Deer Brook Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SX
Received 13 Feb 20172 Llanover Road Estate Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HP
Received 15 Feb 20173 Llanover Road Estate Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HP
Received 15 Feb 2017Pen Y Vale Barn Pentre Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 14 Feb 20177 Westview Terrace Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9RR
Received 15 Feb 2017The Council House Ventnor Road Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JY
Received 16 Feb 2017Gwendraeth Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF
Received 17 Feb 201714 The Haldens Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4EQ
Received 24 Oct 2016The Horse & Jockey Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JB
Received 17 Feb 2017The Horse & Jockey Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JB
Received 17 Feb 2017Phoenix House Pontnewynydd Industrial Estate Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QN
Received 20 Feb 20175 Bryn Gomer Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PT
Received 20 Feb 201726 Plantation Drive Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AN
Received 20 Feb 201713 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PW
Received 21 Feb 2017Bryn-deri Maindee Terrace Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AX
Received 17 Feb 2017The Dragonffli Crumlin Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6AE
Received 17 Feb 20172 Byron Place St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4LR
Received 21 Feb 201741 Daffodil Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JG
Received 23 Feb 2017127 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SY
Received 23 Feb 2017Hollytree Cottage Castle Wood Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7UF
Received 21 Feb 2017The Olive Tree Edlogan Way Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2JJ
Received 21 Feb 201722 East Road Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DW
Received 24 Feb 2017Former Trico Skewfields Roundabout Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0XZ
Received 24 Feb 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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