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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.
11,896 approved · 1,415 refused · 644 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Cwmbran Drive South Sebastopol Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 25 Feb 202220 Stokes Court Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1RY
Received 1 Mar 20229 Acacia Avenue Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1FT
Received 2 Mar 2022Land Off Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XX
Received 2 Mar 2022Land Off Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XX
Received 2 Mar 2022Panteg 66K V Electricity Substation Panteg Pontypool NP4 0SH
Received 3 Mar 2022Playing Fields Maendy Way West Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 5HB
Received 3 Mar 20221 St Davids Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PD
Received 3 Mar 2022107 Ashleigh Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HG
Received 4 Mar 2022Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre St Davids Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PD
Received 3 Mar 20221 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NR
Received 4 Mar 202235 Snowdon Court Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2JB
Received 4 Mar 202214 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8JE
Received 7 Mar 2022Land At Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 7 Mar 2022132 Elgam Avenue Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9QT
Received 9 Mar 202236 The Parade Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PT
Received 9 Mar 20227 Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JL
Received 10 Mar 2022Adjacent To 3 Fairwater Close Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4RA
Received 8 Mar 202216 Gainsborough Close Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BX
Received 9 Mar 202243 Court Farm Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BY
Received 9 Mar 2022Roche Cottage Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF
Received 10 Mar 2022Tesco Service Station Lower Bridge Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JU
Received 11 Mar 2022Race Farm Cottage Newport Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TP
Received 11 Mar 2022Ex Doctors Surgery Church Road Blaenavon Pontypool
Received 10 Mar 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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