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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.
11,921 approved · 1,419 refused · 647 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Leisure@cwmbran Glyndwr Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1QS
Received 26 Apr 2022108 Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BG
Received 26 Apr 2022Former Police Training College (Phase 3) Coed-Y-Garn Cwmbran NP44 3LR
Received 27 Apr 2022102 Maple Road South Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AR
Received 26 Apr 20226 Church Avenue Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8DH
Received 28 Apr 20226 Church Avenue Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8DH
Received 28 Apr 202221 Crane Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LY
Received 29 Apr 202221 Crane Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LY
Received 29 Apr 202231 North Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2EN
Received 29 Apr 2022Land North Of Former Trico Skewfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0XZ
Received 28 Apr 2022Cariad Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AT
Received 3 May 202220 Harpers Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QQ
Received 3 May 202256 Lansdowne Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GB
Received 29 Apr 20221 Bryn Gomer Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PT
Received 4 May 2022Unit 2 Mamhilad Technology Park Mamhilad Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JJ
Received 5 May 2022Gold Mohur 35 Pontrhydyrun Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SB
Received 6 May 20227 Brook Street Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SG
Received 5 May 2022Forgeside Welfare Ground Coity Terrace Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 9 May 2022Gilwern Farm Gilwern Farm Close Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1QW
Received 9 May 2022Land Adjacent To Garth Cottage Garth Road Ty Coch Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 May 202299 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HZ
Received 10 May 202234 Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AA
Received 9 May 202283 The Links Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8DQ
Received 10 May 202289 Grayson Way Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GD
Received 10 May 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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