Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
13,511 approved · 1,650 refused · 813 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Mar 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Bethlehem Congregational Church Broad Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NE
Received 11 Feb 2016Capital Valley Plastics Cwmavon Works Cwmavon Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UW
Received 8 Feb 2016St Michaels Church Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AE
Received 3 Feb 201647 Maendy Wood Rise Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1JY
Received 15 Jan 20161 Tudor Woods Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SN
Received 18 Jan 2016Hillside Junior & Infant School Upper Hill Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NN
Received 15 Jan 2016Westbury 38 Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AA
Received 14 Jan 2016Field To The Side Of The Stables Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HU
Received 22 Jan 2016Nant Ddu Farm Ty Bwmpyn Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6TR
Received 22 Jan 2016199 Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BG
Received 21 Jan 2016Land At Former Playing Fields Lower Race Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Oct 2015Land At Former Playing Fields Lower Race Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Oct 2015Land At Former Playing Fields Lower Race Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Oct 20151 East View Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7UR
Received 27 Oct 2015Land Opp George St Primary School Between Ambulance Hall Amberly Place & Arului Wainfelin Rd
Received 26 Oct 20159 Rowan Way Woodland View Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 11 Jan 201627 Daffodil CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JG
Received 11 Jan 2016Rowan Tree Cottage 25 Harpers Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QQ
Received 11 Jan 2016Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Jan 201611 Chepstow Rise Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PY
Received 22 Oct 2015Lancaster Rd Monmouth CL Warwick CL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 Oct 2015120 Greenwood Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5LH
Received 22 Oct 2015High Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HB
Received 22 Oct 2015Former Holly Bush SCH Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LE
Received 22 Oct 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage