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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.
14,148 approved · 1,706 refused · 873 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
King Street Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2015King Street Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2015King Street Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 2015King Street Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 201517 Heather CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JQ
Received 23 Mar 2015Police Training Centre Greenmeadow Way Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3FA
Received 20 Mar 2015The Greyhound Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Received 30 Sept 2015Victory Church Greenforge Way Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BA
Received 30 Sept 2015Victory Church Greenforge Way Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BA
Received 30 Sept 2015Cross Keys Inn 53 Five Locks Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BT
Received 30 Sept 2015New Farm Prescoch Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XP
Received 2 Dec 2014Blenheim Road Community Primary Blenheim Road St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SZ
Received 27 Feb 2015Llantarnam Comp School Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XB
Received 27 Feb 2015Gwent Community Health N H S Trust Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital Heol Caerllion Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8YN
Received 26 Feb 2015Unit 1B Upper Ground Floor Leisure@cwmbran Glyndwr Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1QS
Received 9 May 201650 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HW
Received 9 May 20164 Stevelee Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7DP
Received 29 Jun 2015Beili Glas Farmhse Denbridge Rd Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8XJ
Received 17 Nov 201412 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SS
Received 17 Nov 201425-27 Victoria Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JN
Received 17 Nov 2014Unit 2/3 Two Locks Road Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7HG
Received 24 Feb 20156 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BQ
Received 23 Feb 20156 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BQ
Received 23 Feb 20156 Michael CRT Riverside Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6GT
Received 23 Feb 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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