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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.
14,123 approved · 1,705 refused · 871 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Feb 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Chapel Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DW
Received 21 Oct 20148 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DW
Received 21 Oct 201436 Clyffes Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SQ
Received 21 Oct 2014Greenbank Oaks Rd Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BW
Received 20 Oct 201420 Lansdowne Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GB
Received 20 Oct 2014The Co Operative Food 26-28 North Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2EN
Received 16 Oct 201415 Tydies Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TL
Received 16 Oct 2014STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JJ
Received 25 Aug 2015Land At Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 25 Aug 2015Ponthir Hse Inn Caerleon Rd Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1PG
Received 16 Nov 201515 Mount Rd St Cadoc's Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JQ
Received 2 Nov 2015107 Blaendare Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5RT
Received 2 Nov 201520 Wern Fach Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EX
Received 11 Sept 2015Currys Ltd Unit 5 Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JQ
Received 10 Sept 20155 Highl& Grove Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BL
Received 9 Sept 2015Former St Thomas' Church Hall Bluetts Rd Talywain Pontypool NP4 7JY
Received 9 Sept 2015Blenheim Road Community Primary Blenheim Road St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SZ
Received 6 Oct 2015Llantarnam Comp SCH Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XB
Received 6 Oct 2015STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JH
Received 6 Oct 2015Land Adj To Brynawel Llanover Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HR
Received 6 Oct 2015Former Doctor's Surgery Church Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9AF
Received 6 Oct 20155 Sycamore Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AL
Received 7 Apr 2015Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital Caerleon Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8YN
Received 7 Apr 2015Site South Of Dyffryn Ffrwd Ffrwd Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 Apr 2015Records 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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