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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.
11,856 approved · 1,403 refused · 641 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2003 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Pearl House Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL
Received 22 Dec 20213 Maes Y Celyn Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DG
Received 23 Dec 202195 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9ND
Received 22 Dec 2021Land At Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 24 Dec 2021Rhiw Ffranc House School Road Pentwyn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7TJ
Received 23 Dec 202161 Wellington Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7HH
Received 5 Jan 20221B Elizabeth Row Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7US
Received 5 Jan 2022Highfield Maendy Way Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LH
Received 6 Jan 2022Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Service Station A4042 T Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0XB
Received 7 Jan 202276 Broadweir Road Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LU
Received 10 Jan 202230 Brynwern Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HF
Received 10 Jan 202266 Blaendare Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5RU
Received 11 Jan 2022128 James Prosser Way Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3FH
Received 12 Jan 2022Garden Cottage Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BP
Received 12 Jan 2022Ysgol Gwynllyw Folly Road Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JD
Received 13 Jan 2022Llandegfedd Reservoir Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 13 Jan 202265 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JT
Received 14 Jan 2022Phase 2 Sebastopol Cwmbran Drive Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 13 Jan 2022Neville Street Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7NH
Received 14 Jan 20227 Clifton Square Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JD
Received 14 Jan 2022Coed Avon Farm Varteg Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9DY
Received 17 Jan 2022Byways Caerleon Road Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GX
Received 17 Jan 202260-61 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 17 Jan 2022Clare Drew 32 The Garw Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2HA
Received 17 Jan 2022Records 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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