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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.
10,052 approved · 1,091 refused · 547 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Ashleigh Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF
Received 12 Mar 201916 Maple Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AT
Received 14 Mar 20195 Wentsland Road Tranch Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BB
Received 13 Mar 20191-12 Ty Cyfle Ty Rosser Gwyn Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 15 Mar 20191-12 Ty Cyfle Ty Rosser Gwyn Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 18 Mar 201916 Nant Y Milwr Close Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JW
Received 18 Mar 201910 Newchurch Court St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4NS
Received 19 Mar 2019Cwmavon Stables Cwmavon Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen
Received 18 Mar 2019Oriental Gardens II Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NZ
Received 19 Mar 2019111 Chester Close New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LU
Received 19 Mar 201919 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HN
Received 20 Mar 2019Former Rechem Site Pont Y Felin Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0DG
Received 21 Mar 2019Fir Tree Cottage Twissells Road Tranch Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BN
Received 19 Mar 201975 Llanover Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HR
Received 19 Mar 2019Sunnybank Tram Lane Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8AE
Received 21 Mar 201940 Dorallt Way Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HW
Received 22 Mar 201941 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 22 Mar 2019Hanbury Arms Herberts Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 Mar 2019Land At Mount Road St Cadoc's Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 Mar 201920 Dorallt Close Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EY
Received 26 Mar 2019Land At Blenheim Primary School Blenheim Road St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SZ
Received 26 Mar 2019Auto Services Ltd Unit 18 Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TW
Received 1 Jul 2019124 Court Farm Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BU
Received 28 Mar 2019Selsdon 4 Grove Park Avenue Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RL
Received 1 Apr 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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