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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.
10,033 approved · 1,087 refused · 547 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School Woodland Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2YB
Received 24 Oct 2018The Old Pump House Limekiln Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6TF
Received 26 Oct 2018Land Adjacent To Mill Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 24 Oct 2018Bethlehem Congregational Church Broad Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9ND
Received 28 Oct 2018Cwrt Henllys Farm Cwm Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AS
Received 26 Oct 2018Pentovey Cottage Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JA
Received 25 Oct 2018South Sebastopol (Village Core) Cwmbran Drive Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 29 Oct 2018Plot Adjacent To 69 Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NZ
Received 29 Oct 201858 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8RF
Received 29 Oct 201826 Blaendare Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5RZ
Received 30 Oct 2018Brantwood Lamb Lane Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1HA
Received 29 Oct 201849 Ty Gwyn Road Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7SR
Received 29 Oct 201817 Heritage Court Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3HS
Received 30 Oct 2018Site Adjacent To Ty Uchaf Church Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 Oct 2018Glengariff Court Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 31 Oct 201812 & 13 Russell Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EA
Received 1 Nov 2018The Royal British Legion Wern Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DU
Received 31 Oct 201816 Barnfield Place Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LA
Received 1 Nov 2018Rhondda 7 Lodge Wood New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8EQ
Received 31 Oct 20181 Graig View Tram Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AD
Received 2 Nov 2018Hanbury Arms Herberts Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Nov 2018Lynwood Station Road Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GQ
Received 5 Nov 201822 Wern Fach Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EX
Received 5 Nov 2018Fensaler Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX
Received 6 Nov 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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