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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10,027 approved · 1,087 refused · 546 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
7 Parc Avenue Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RT
Received 12 Jul 20188 Windsor Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5HY
Received 16 Jul 20182 Wesley Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 16 Jul 2018Danecroft 3 Sunny Place Lamb Lane Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1HA
Received 16 Jul 20183 Fairwater Close Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4RA
Received 17 Jul 20188 Lamb Lane Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1HA
Received 16 Jul 201818 Chapel Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DW
Received 17 Jul 2018Beech House Turnpike Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AG
Received 18 Jul 201874 Pentre Close Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LR
Received 19 Jul 2018Llywellyn House, Redwick House, Goldcliff House, Redbrook House & Newgale House St Davids Road Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Jul 2018Harvester Restaurant Lower Mill Field Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RH
Received 20 Jul 201813 Parklawn Close Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1ER
Received 22 Jul 201875 Pentre Close Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LR
Received 17 Jul 2018Woodland Road Service Station The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2HD
Received 17 Jul 2018Woodland Road Service Station The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2HD
Received 17 Jul 2018Woodland Road Service Station The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2HD
Received 17 Jul 2018Hillboro Stanley Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7LY
Received 17 Jul 2018Land At Poplar Avenue New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 Jul 201818 Hanbury Grove Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6FD
Received 23 Jul 201845 Wern Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DT
Received 18 Jul 2018Cross Keys Inn 53 Five Locks Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BT
Received 20 Jul 20189 Wayfield Crescent Northville Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NJ
Received 20 Jul 2018Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital Caerleon Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8YN
Received 23 Jul 201895 Commercial Street Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JF
Received 24 Jul 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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