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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.
9,770 approved · 1,018 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Kennard Crescent Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9RE
Received 12 Apr 20175 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Received 24 Apr 20175 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Received 24 Apr 2017Show Home 29 Penygarn Heights Chapel Walk Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AX
Received 11 Apr 2017Coed Eva Primary School Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TG
Received 13 Apr 201719 The Pastures Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SR
Received 24 Apr 2017Adjacent To Unit 9 Woodside Way Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BR
Received 24 Apr 201744 Clark Avenue Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RZ
Received 24 Apr 201715 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8RP
Received 24 Apr 2017Land Between 6 Waun Road And 58 Cocker Avenue Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7JH
Received 24 Apr 20178 Westview Terrace Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9RR
Received 25 Apr 201721 Two Locks Road Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7HG
Received 26 Apr 2017Maindee House Veterinary Surgeon Mount Pleasant Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AN
Received 26 Apr 2017Land West Of Cwmbran Drive Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 26 Apr 2017Conifers Turnpike Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AH
Received 28 Apr 2017Oakland House Oaklands Terrace Ty Coch Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AD
Received 28 Apr 2017Blaenavon Stores 26 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NE
Received 1 May 2017Blaenavon Stores 26 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NE
Received 1 May 2017111 Oakfield Road Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EX
Received 26 Apr 2017Plot 0 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Apr 20175 Bryn Gomer Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PT
Received 2 May 201729 George Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BZ
Received 27 Apr 2017Rosslyn 288 Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BW
Received 27 Apr 2017Garth Cottage Garth Road Ty Coch Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AB
Received 3 May 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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