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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.
12,086 approved · 1,457 refused · 664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Osborne Road And Michael Way Pontypool NP4 6GS
Received 11 May 2023Shaws 10 General Rees Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH
Received 19 May 202310 Cory Park Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3HE
Received 20 May 2023St James Church Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 May 2023Land Over The Canal Between Nyth Y Dryw And Maes Gwyn.
Received 23 May 202383 Pettingale Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NZ
Received 24 May 2023The Stables Llanover Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HU
Received 5 May 2023Land To Rear Of 15 West End Avenue Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8LH
Received 24 May 2023Coed Yr Eos Farm Valentine Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QW
Received 24 May 202363 Wye Court Thornhill Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5UL
Received 24 May 202311 Severn View Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5SU
Received 24 May 2023Rear Garden Of 5 & 6 Heol Pont Y Goron Greenhill Road Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5FA
Received 25 May 20232 Soar Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PD
Received 26 May 202338 Pontrhydyrun Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SB
Received 26 May 2023Trosnant Villas Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG
Received 25 May 202316 Mere Path Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SL
Received 30 May 2023Land At Victoria Street/Ventnor Road Old Cwmbran Cwmbran
Received 30 May 20237 Lyncroft Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SJ
Received 31 May 2023Moriah Chapel Broad Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NE
Received 31 May 20235 Woodfield Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PT
Received 31 May 202313 The Orchard Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GG
Received 1 Jun 20238 Elizabeth Row Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7US
Received 2 Jun 20237 Leicester Drive Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HD
Received 5 Jun 2023Llanfrechfa Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen
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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