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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.
15,434 approved · 1,862 refused · 930 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 1997 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Dorallt Way Henllys Cwmbarn
Received 22 Jul 201414611 Ty Cae Nant Clos Cae Nant Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3PE
Received 29 Jul 2014Pontnewydd Inn Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AE
Received 29 Jul 2014Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Furnace Sidings Brynmawr Rd Blaenavon NP4 9AE
Received 28 Jul 201465 Open Hearth Close Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LU
Received 28 Jul 20145 Maes Y Rhiw CRT Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HA
Received 8 May 2014108 Trinity Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LP
Received 8 May 201420 St Arvans Road Southville Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3QQ
Received 8 May 201443 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EA
Received 4 Sept 2014Highfield Maendy Way Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LH
Received 9 May 201497 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8RP
Received 13 May 2014Bakery CL Phase 2 Commercial Rd Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 May 2014Former Dancers Club Forge Lane Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Jan 2014Strathlyn 52 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BG
Received 23 Jan 2014Plot 25 Penygarn Heights Penygarn Rd Trevethin Pontypool
Received 23 Jan 2014Penygarn Heights Penygarn Rd Trevethin Pontypool
Received 15 Jan 201429 Thornhill CL Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TQ
Received 31 Oct 201315 Rosemead Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BN
Received 29 Oct 2013Seren Fach Nursery School Close Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GA
Received 24 Oct 2013Kilda 43 Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NU
Received 23 Oct 2013Hillside Junior & Infant School Upper Hill Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NN
Received 11 Sept 2014Henllys Village Road Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Sept 2014Sunnycroft 84 Woodland Road Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2DX
Received 19 Mar 2014Capel Llwyd Farm Pen-Yr-Heol Pontypool NP4 5XZ
Received 23 Jul 2014Records 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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