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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.
12,110 approved · 1,459 refused · 665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
47 Stryd Camlas Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DJ
Received 24 Jul 2023Tyr Ywen Farm Ty Canol Way Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5LA
Received 24 Jul 2023Land At Caldicot Way Caldicot Way Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 24 Jul 202313 Plantation Drive Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AN
Received 21 Jul 202356 Oaklands View Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EE
Received 24 Jul 20236 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NR
Received 24 Jul 20231 Hillside Court Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LS
Received 25 Jul 20231 St Davids Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PD
Received 25 Jul 2023Trem Y Mynydd Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9LX
Received 25 Jul 2023The Edge Of The Forest Drive Between Car Parks 1 & 2 Cwmcarn Forest Drive Cwmcarn Crosskeys NP11 7FA
Received 25 Jul 202317 Lowlands Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RF
Received 25 Jul 2023Stones House Wrens Nest Close Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1FQ
Received 26 Jul 2023The Scrum Half Market Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JN
Received 26 Jul 2023Talybont Cwmavon Road Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8XJ
Received 27 Jul 2023Llanyravon Social Centre Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HT
Received 27 Jul 202387 Wainfelin Avenue Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DP
Received 28 Jul 202310 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NR
Received 31 Jul 2023Green Acre Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AT
Received 31 Jul 2023St Albans Rc High School Park Road Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XG
Received 31 Jul 2023The Greenhouse Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BP
Received 31 Jul 2023Llewetrog Middle Coedcae Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9JB
Received 2 Aug 2023Tommys Cafe Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BE
Received 2 Aug 2023Land At Adjacent To Michael Way & Osborne Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 Aug 202324 The Moorings Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5NB
Received 3 Aug 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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