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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.
14,321 approved · 1,729 refused · 885 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Sept 1999 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pontypool Community Council 35A Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JQ
Received 5 Mar 2015Land Opp George Street Primary School Between Ambulance Hall Amberly Place & Arului Wainfelin Rd Pontypool
Received 4 Sept 2015Blaenavon Old Library Lion Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9AS
Received 10 Jul 20155 & 7 Woodfield Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PT
Received 8 Jul 20151 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EA
Received 20 Feb 2015Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital Caerleon Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8YN
Received 19 Feb 2015Belli Llwyd Clwyd Llanover Lane Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UW
Received 19 Feb 2015Church Of The Holy Trinity Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 18 Feb 2015Cwmbran Stadium Sports Centre Henllys Way Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3YS
Received 18 Feb 201526 Springfield Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NA
Received 18 Feb 20158 Elizabeth Row Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7US
Received 18 Feb 2015Land To South East Of Elizabeth Row Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7US
Received 18 Feb 201512 Hafod Rd Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1GH
Received 18 Feb 201512 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SS
Received 27 Nov 2014The Bungalow Stoney Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 14 Nov 2014Trelawney Park Rd Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8DD
Received 10 Jul 201561 The Crescent Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7JQ
Received 9 Jul 201524 The Mall Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 10 Jul 201510 & 11 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AZ
Received 8 Jul 2015L& At Foundry Cottages STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JQ
Received 29 Jun 2015King Street Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 7 Jul 2015Land West Of Cwmbran Drive South Sebastopol
Received 6 Jul 20152 Rose Cottages LWR Woodl& St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NP
Received 3 Jul 201542 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8RF
Received 6 Nov 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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