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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.
10,409 approved · 1,160 refused · 563 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
46 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 30 Jun 2020Gwent Garage Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG
Received 30 Jun 2020Unit 6 & 7 First Floor Leisure At Cwmbran Glyndwr Road Cwmbran NP44 1QS
Received 30 Jun 2020The Meads Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DJ
Received 1 Jul 2020Land At Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 29 Jun 2020109 Maendy Way Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LE
Received 3 Jul 2020MDW Auto Ltd Folly Road Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JD
Received 3 Jul 2020Glengariff 52 Twmpath Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6AQ
Received 6 Jul 2020113 Oakfield Road Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EX
Received 6 Jul 2020Blenheim Road Community Primary Heol Blenheim St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SZ
Received 6 Jul 2020Plot C2 And C3, Llantarnam Industrial Park, Cwmbran
Received 6 Jul 2020Plot C2 And C3, Llantarnam Industrial Park, Cwmbran
Received 6 Jul 2020Plot C2 And C3, Llantarnam Industrial Park, Cwmbran
Received 6 Jul 2020Park Street Methodist Church Park Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9AA
Received 8 Jul 202010 Richmond Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EQ
Received 7 Jul 2020Barclays Bank Plc 7 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XX
Received 10 Jul 202017 Bluebell Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JN
Received 10 Jul 2020Eaton Lakeside Llantarnam Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW
Received 10 Jul 2020Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw Folly Road Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JD
Received 10 Jul 2020Garage At Cefn Crib Road Crumlin Newport Torfaen
Received 14 Jul 2020Llandegfedd Visitor Centre Croes-Gweddyn Road Coed Y Paen Pontypool Monmouthshire NP4 0TA
Received 14 Jul 202010 Windsor Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5HY
Received 14 Jul 2020Locarno Tranch Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6AN
Received 14 Jul 202091 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HP
Received 17 Jul 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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