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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.
12,054 approved · 1,454 refused · 660 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2003 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Public Convenience Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LJ
Received 21 Feb 2023St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL
Received 21 Feb 2023Public Convenience Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LJ
Received 21 Feb 2023Land At Coch Y North Road Pantygasseg Pontypool NP4 6UH
Received 22 Feb 2023Parc Seymour Spring Terrace Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AQ
Received 22 Feb 2023Ty Clarence Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG
Received 22 Feb 2023Land At Panteg Industrial Estate
Received 23 Feb 20233 Alexandra Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BJ
Received 24 Feb 2023Auto Service Pontypool Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AN
Received 25 Feb 2023Emmaus Congregational Church Freeholdland Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 26 Feb 2023Unit 14A Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TW
Received 21 Feb 202330 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EA
Received 28 Feb 202310 Coldstream Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LP
Received 24 Feb 2023Land At Llanishaul Farm Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 27 Feb 20232 Brynonnen Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EQ
Received 28 Feb 2023Bryn Gwyn Villa Road 3 Greenhill Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BE
Received 28 Feb 2023Unit A4 Usk Vale Park Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JL
Received 2 Mar 2023Unit A4 Usk Vale Park Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JL
Received 2 Mar 2023113 Gifford Close Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7NZ
Received 1 Mar 20238 Llanthewy Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PF
Received 2 Mar 202314 Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JL
Received 2 Mar 202325 Rhodfar Eos Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1FN
Received 2 Mar 202379 Elgam Avenue Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9QU
Received 4 Mar 20232 Fairview Terrace The Woodlands Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7JQ
Received 6 Mar 2023Records 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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