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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.
10,027 approved · 1,085 refused · 546 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2004 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Kemys Fawr Infant School Elm Grove Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DD
Received 17 May 2018Kemys Fawr Infant School Elm Grove Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DD
Received 17 May 201853 Oakfield Road Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EY
Received 21 May 2018Elgam Avenue Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 18 May 2018Garage Block Lasgarn View Varteg Pontypool Torfaen
Received 18 May 2018242 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0QY
Received 22 May 20182 Lowlands Crescent Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BS
Received 21 May 2018Aldi Foodstore Ltd Woodside Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AA
Received 22 May 2018Pontypool Motor Factors North Pontypool Industrial Park Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6PB
Received 22 May 2018Pine Barn 8 Freeholdland Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8LN
Received 24 May 2018Crown Hotel Varteg Road Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UG
Received 23 May 201811 Mill House Court Hollybush Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AY
Received 25 May 2018Coed Cae Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1JR 10 Coed Cae Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1JR
Received 24 May 2018Plots 1-4 Lodgewood Mews Lodge Wood New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 May 2018Unit 54-55 Llantarnam Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW
Received 25 May 2018Land Adjacent To The Old Telephone Exchange And 91 High Street Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7AF
Received 29 May 2018Glenville Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JJ
Received 30 May 2018Plot 53 Hanbury Village Bevans Lane Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 May 2018Kewstoke Snatchwood Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BS
Received 31 May 201886 The Maltings Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7BB
Received 31 May 201843 Buttercup Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JY
Received 1 Jun 2018Rubys Bar & Grill Leadon Court Thornhill Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TZ
Received 29 May 2018Two Locks Nursery School Two Locks Road Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7HQ
Received 25 May 2018Two Locks Nursery School Two Locks Road Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7HQ
Received 25 May 2018Records 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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