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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.
12,181 approved · 1,466 refused · 675 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HZ
Received 25 Dec 202321 Midsummer Road Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1FR
Received 2 Jan 202421 Crown Close Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BW
Received 3 Jan 202461 Buttercup Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JY
Received 2 Jan 2024Blaenavon Ironworks North Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9RN
Received 3 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To Rifle Street Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 3 Jan 2024Brantwood Lamb Lane Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1HA
Received 3 Jan 202425 Pen Y Graig Terrace Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JS
Received 9 Jan 2024Talybont Cwmavon Road Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8XJ
Received 9 Jan 20241 Huntingdon Close Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HF
Received 9 Jan 2024Land West Of Cwmbran Drive, South Sebastopol
Received 9 Jan 2024Public Convenience Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LJ
Received 9 Jan 2024Public Convenience Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LJ
Received 9 Jan 2024Heol Y Groes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 9 Jan 202415 Tegfan Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6ES
Received 10 Jan 2024Multistorey Car Park Glantorvaen Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 11 Jan 2024Land To The Rear Plas Ty Coch Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Jan 20241 St Davids Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PD
Received 12 Jan 2024Pont-y-felin (Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: ST3026999067, Nearest Postcode: NP4 0QF).
Received 12 Jan 2024157 Bowleaze Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4LG
Received 15 Jan 2024Trevethin Sports And Social Club Folly Lane Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JB
Received 15 Jan 2024Crownbridge Turnpike Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2BJ
Received 15 Jan 20246 Ynys Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LH
Received 16 Jan 2024Arthur Peake And Sons Funeral Directors Woodland Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2DU
Received 17 Jan 2024Records 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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