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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.
13,740 approved · 1,675 refused · 840 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sterling Hse Oldbury Rd Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JU
Received 7 Apr 20161 Rose Villa High St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 15 Oct 2015Talocher Bungalow Ty Bwmpyn Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6TR
Received 20 Nov 20155 East Ave Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AB
Received 19 Nov 2015Land Adjacent To 39 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Sept 2015Land Adjacent To 39 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Sept 2015Heavy Goods Vehicle Testing Station Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TW
Received 22 Apr 201516 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HN
Received 20 Apr 2015Railway Institute Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JE
Received 8 Jun 2015Railway Institute Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JE
Received 8 Jun 2015Railway Institute Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JE
Received 8 Jun 2015Blenheim Road Community Primary Blenheim Road St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SZ
Received 2 Jun 20159 George Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LR
Received 7 Sept 20159 George Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LR
Received 7 Sept 2015The Manor Sycamore Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HN
Received 4 Sept 2015Land To North East Of Forge Road Pontypool
Received 4 Sept 201548 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HW
Received 13 May 2016Asda Stores Ltd Llywelyn Road Southville Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1YH
Received 13 May 2016120 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SY
Received 10 Nov 2015Trevethin Comp SCH Penygarn Rd Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Jul 2015Barnbrook Cottage Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BP
Received 12 Jun 2015Unit 6 & 7 Leisure@cwmbran Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1QS
Received 12 Jun 2014Nairobi Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HT
Received 11 Jun 2015The Old Police House 9 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PW
Received 18 Jan 2016Records 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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