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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.
10,036 approved · 1,088 refused · 547 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
St Peters Church In Wales Primary Park Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9AA
Received 15 Jan 2019Tynewydd Farm Bungalow Church Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AU
Received 16 Jan 201947 Penylan Road Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7SD
Received 17 Jan 201954 Wellington Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7HH
Received 17 Jan 2019The Old Bakery 1 Victoria Place Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7PG
Received 17 Jan 2019Former Cold Stores Court Road Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Jan 201926 Ty Coch Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AD
Received 18 Jan 2019Aldi Foodstore Ltd Woodside Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AA
Received 18 Jan 20192 Maple Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AT
Received 21 Jan 20192 Orchid Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JP
Received 22 Jan 20194 Primrose Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JJ
Received 23 Jan 201938 Parc Avenue Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RU
Received 18 Jan 20199 North Walk Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PR
Received 23 Jan 2019Thistle Court Nursing Home Thistle Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JD
Received 23 Jan 2019Blaenavon Workingmens Hall And Community Centre 101 High Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9PT
Received 23 Jan 201970 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PL
Received 22 Jan 2019Land South Of Little Mill Brickworks Little MIll Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HD
Received 23 Jan 201945 Heol Y Groes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LT
Received 24 Jan 2019184 Parc Panteg Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5YN
Received 25 Jan 20192 East View Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HQ
Received 25 Jan 20196 Lansdowne Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GB
Received 26 Jan 2019198 Parc Panteg Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5YN
Received 29 Jan 201929 St Augustine Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5EZ
Received 25 Jan 2019Hollycroft 24 Farm Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SA
Received 29 Jan 2019Records 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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