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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.
10,067 approved · 1,093 refused · 548 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Marys Church Church Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TS
Received 30 Apr 2019Aldi Foodstore Ltd Woodside Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AA
Received 1 May 201942 Ty Pwca Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SZ
Received 30 Apr 2019141 Elgam Avenue Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9QT
Received 2 May 2019101 Ashford Close North Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2BL
Received 2 May 20192 Kemys Street Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DJ
Received 3 May 201912 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8RE
Received 4 May 20199 Barnfield Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1TN
Received 7 May 201912 Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DZ
Received 3 May 201914 Meyricks Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6TU
Received 7 May 201910 Hill Top Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NS
Received 9 May 2019Former Pontnewynydd Primary School Lower Leigh Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8LQ
Received 9 May 201917 Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AG
Received 9 May 2019Lincoln House Llanover Lane Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UW
Received 10 May 2019Grove Farm Shop Road Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7RU
Received 7 May 201937 Marlborough Road Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EJ
Received 10 May 201969 Oaklands View Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EE
Received 11 May 2019Land Adjacent To Barnfield Terrace Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 13 May 2019Land South Of Little Mill Brickwork Little Mill Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HD
Received 10 May 201917 Longhouse Grove Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HQ
Received 14 May 20195 Forge Row Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UU
Received 15 May 2019Aldi Foodstore Ltd Woodside Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AA
Received 10 May 201940 Maendy Way Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HW
Received 15 May 2019Land At Avondale Road/Caldicot Way Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 16 May 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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