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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.
12,303 approved · 1,477 refused · 681 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot C1 Llantarnam Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Sept 2024Public Convenience Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LJ
Received 3 Sept 202419 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HN
Received 4 Sept 2024Land At Osborne Road And Michael Way Pontypool NP4 6GS Torfaen
Received 4 Sept 2024Land To The North Of Llanover Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HU Torfaen NP4 9HU
Received 5 Sept 2024Station House 1 Station Street Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PH
Received 9 Sept 2024Rendering Of Front Elevations Of Blocks 24 - 35 Albion Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Sept 2024Land West Of Cwmbran Drive South Sebastopol
Received 10 Sept 2024Land West Of Cwmbran Drive South Sebastopol
Received 10 Sept 2024Ontario Building Pontyfelin Industrial Estate New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0DQ
Received 11 Sept 2024Woodview Court Coedcae Place Pontypool Torfaen
Received 12 Sept 202433 Elgam Avenue Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9QX
Received 12 Sept 2024Stadium House Oldbury Road Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JU
Received 10 Sept 2024Site To The West Of Afon Close, Pont-y-Felin, New Inn (Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: ST3026999067).
Received 13 Sept 2024104 Trinity Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LP
Received 15 Sept 202448 Poplar Avenue New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0EX
Received 16 Sept 2024Blaendare House Folly View Lane Upper Race Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XF
Received 17 Sept 2024208 Cwrt Celyn St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3FE
Received 17 Sept 2024Trevue 5 Friars Garden Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8JF
Received 18 Sept 2024100 & 112 Gifford Close Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7NZ
Received 18 Sept 202417 - 23 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PW
Received 19 Sept 20246 Ventnor Road Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JY
Received 13 Sept 2024Kinnock Court Caerwent Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2QY
Received 20 Sept 20248 Pendine Walk Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4QL
Received 20 Sept 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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