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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.
10,303 approved · 1,139 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2004 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Blaendare Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5RZ
Received 31 Mar 2020Horse And Jockey The Horse And Jockey Inn Llanfihangel Pontymoel Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JB
Received 30 Mar 2020Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 202064 Ashleigh Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF
Received 1 Apr 2020Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 7 Jul 2021Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Land At Llantarnam Road Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Unit A7 Usk Vale Park Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JL
Received 1 Apr 2020Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Land At Llantarnam Adjacent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Land At Llantarnam Road Adjaceent To Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2020Lea View Sunlea Crescent New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AD
Received 2 Apr 202030 North Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2EN
Received 1 Apr 202038-39 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1XL
Received 8 Apr 2020112 Parc Panteg Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5YL
Received 14 Apr 2020Rear Of 4 Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DZ
Received 14 Apr 2020Unit A9/10 Uskvale Site Mamhilad Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JL
Received 14 Apr 2020Land At Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 9 Apr 2020Pontymoile Primary School St Matthews Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JZ
Received 15 Apr 2020Brookside Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TA
Received 16 Apr 2020Blaenavon Workingmens Hall And Community Centre High Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9PT
Received 17 Apr 202012 Princes Walk New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PF
Received 21 Apr 2020Records 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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