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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.
12,083 approved · 1,457 refused · 664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Avalon Close Pontypool
Received 2 May 2023Unit 11 - 12 Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AZ
Received 2 May 2023Glanwern House Bryngwyn Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EP
Received 27 Apr 2023Glanwern House Bryngwyn Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EP
Received 27 Apr 2023137 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PH
Received 2 May 20231 Brynonnen Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EQ
Received 5 May 20232 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HN
Received 4 May 202387 Wainfelin Avenue Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DP
Received 9 May 2023Silva Lodge Greenway Drive Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AZ
Received 9 May 202329 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PS
Received 9 May 2023Byways Caerleon Road Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1GX
Received 10 May 2023Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw Folly Road Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JD
Received 10 May 2023Land At Tram Road Upper Cwmbran, NP44 5AB, Adjacent 3 Whittakers Row NP44 5AB
Received 10 May 20232 Railway Terrace Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5EJ
Received 10 May 2023Gelli Fach Barn Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AT
Received 10 May 2023Land At Osborne Road And Michael Way Pontypool NP4 6GS
Received 11 May 2023St Olaf 1 Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2ND
Received 12 May 20239 Mount Road St Cadoc's Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JQ
Received 10 May 20232-3 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1XP
Received 15 May 20238 Avondale Road Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1UD
Received 11 May 2023South Pontypool Industrial Estate Panteg Way New Inn Pontypool NP4 0LS
Received 16 May 2023The Firs 375 Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BN
Received 16 May 2023Land To The Rear Of 8 Garth Road Ty Coch Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AB
Received 16 May 2023Penyrheol Farm Cwrdy Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XZ
Received 18 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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