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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.
12,078 approved · 1,456 refused · 663 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Open Hearth Close Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LU
Received 17 Apr 2023Old Workmens Club Graig Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 13 Apr 202311-15 The Mall Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 19 Apr 2023Glenvellyn School Lane Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EH
Received 20 Apr 202323 Upper Hill Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NN
Received 20 Apr 2023Site South Of Dyffryn Ffrwd Ffrwd Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Apr 202329 Clos Cae Nant Southville Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3PD
Received 21 Apr 2023Former Pontnewydd Inn Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DZ
Received 24 Apr 2023105 Neerings Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6UL
Received 24 Apr 2023Tin Can Kitchen Land To The South Of What! Store Llantarnam Road Cwmbran NP44 3BB
Received 24 Apr 202322 West Avenue Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AJ
Received 24 Apr 2023Azare 40 Newport Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NU
Received 25 Apr 20234 Stokes Court Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1RY
Received 25 Apr 2023Builders Yard Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AN
Received 26 Apr 2023Builders Yard Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AN
Received 26 Apr 20231 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XU
Received 26 Apr 20231 Commercial Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XU
Received 26 Apr 2023Glanwern House Bryngwyn Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EP
Received 27 Apr 202312 Penywain Road Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EQ
Received 27 Apr 20236 Pant Gwyn Close Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HA
Received 28 Apr 2023Llanfrechfa Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 2 May 202324 Glade Close Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TF
Received 2 May 20237 John Fielding Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JJ
Received 2 May 2023130 Capel Newydd Avenue Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9LG
Received 2 May 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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