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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.
10,437 approved · 1,169 refused · 564 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crown Inn Greenhill Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BQ
Received 20 Jul 202058 South Street Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DZ
Received 17 Jul 202010 Graig View Tram Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AD
Received 20 Jul 2020Novara 21 Cwrdy Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AG
Received 17 Jul 2020Vale Farm Pentre Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 20 Jul 2020Vale Farm Pentre Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 Jul 2020Hazelwood Pontrhydyrun Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SB
Received 21 Jul 202011 Cocker Avenue Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7JL
Received 20 Jul 2020Pontnewydd Workingmens Club And Institute Chapel Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DL
Received 23 Jul 20201 Rosemead Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BN
Received 23 Jul 2020Ysgol Panteg Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5HP
Received 23 Jul 2020Catoni Candwr Road Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1HR
Received 23 Jul 202012 Cae Rhedyn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2BB
Received 24 Jul 2020Lamb Inn Prescoch Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XS
Received 23 Jul 202039 Heol Y Groes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LT
Received 24 Jul 2020Cwmavon House Cwmavon Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 8XH
Received 23 Jul 2020Talocher 1 Llanover Close Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9LT
Received 27 Jul 2020Plot 3 Old Furnace Crumlin Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Jul 2020Ty Llwyd St Dials Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NZ
Received 27 Jul 202020 Farm Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SA
Received 28 Jul 202032 Hanbury Grove Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6FD
Received 28 Jul 2020Glyn Garth Pentwyn Road Pentwyn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7TA
Received 28 Jul 202010 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 28 Jul 20202 Poppy Field Avenue Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DD
Received 28 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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