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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.
9,785 approved · 1,027 refused · 538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To Gladstone Terrace Varteg Road Varteg Pontypool
Received 6 Jun 2017Canine Corner 11 Afon Terrace Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2JZ
Received 31 May 20178 Coed Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9LJ
Received 7 Jun 201718 Kennard Crescent Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9RE
Received 1 Jun 2017Land To The Side Of 16 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 2 Jun 2017Gwendraeth Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF
Received 7 Jun 2017Green Meadow Farm Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 9 Jun 2017Gold Mohur 35 Pontrhydyrun Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SB
Received 9 Jun 2017The Old Furnace Crumlin Road Pontypool NP4 6AT
Received 9 Jun 2017Co-operative Retail Services Ltd 64 Stanley Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7LH
Received 12 Jun 20176 St Cadocs Road Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JN
Received 13 Jun 201713 Beechleigh Close Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EF
Received 13 Jun 2017Henry Hughes House Clarence Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LQ
Received 13 Jun 201721 Dingle Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LA
Received 13 Jun 201721 The Square Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AQ
Received 14 Jun 2017188 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PQ
Received 7 Jun 201712 The Highway Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DL
Received 8 Jun 2017Land At A4042 Mamhilad Pontypool Torfaen
Received 12 Jun 2017Former Llantarnam Primary School Croeswen Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DU
Received 15 Jun 2017146 Parc Panteg Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5YL
Received 15 Jun 2017Sunnybank 4 Broadway Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HN
Received 15 Jun 2017The Nook 63 Greenhill Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BG
Received 15 Jun 2017104 Pentre Close Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LR
Received 9 Jun 201714 Beech Close Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BP
Received 10 Jun 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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