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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.
16,989 approved · 2,081 refused · 970 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 1994 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seren Fach Nursery School Close Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GA
Received 6 Jun 2013The Meads Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DJ
Received 24 Jul 2012Blaenavon World Heritage Centre Church Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9AS
Received 17 Feb 2014Charnwood Houses & Leighton Court Elan Walk St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4NL
Received 22 Nov 20121 To 12 Romsley Court & 1 To 6 Norbury House St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4NX
Received 22 Nov 201221 Oxford Tce Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9DF
Received 15 Nov 2012Unit No's 5 & 10 Springvale Indusrial Est Cwmbran NP44 5AZ
Received 16 Nov 2012Bryn Gerrig Prescoch Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XS
Received 25 Apr 2013Upper Level 29 The Parade Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1QR
Received 25 Apr 2013Llantarnam Abbey Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3YJ
Received 26 Apr 2013Penygarn Baptist Chapel Penygarn Rd Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 24 Apr 2013Holy Trinity Mount Pleasant Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AT
Received 22 Apr 2013Land At A472/A4043 Junc Pontypool E 328180 N 200394
Received 20 Feb 20135 Pontrhydyrun Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1SB
Received 21 Feb 2013Unit 7-9 Panteg Ind Est Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LX
Received 17 Feb 2014Little Darlings 190 Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BH
Received 17 Feb 201444 St Augustine Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5EZ
Received 17 Feb 2014144 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9QT
Received 14 Feb 2014Esdaile Optician 3 South Walk Cwmbran NP44 1PU
Received 25 Jul 2012Avondale Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1TT
Received 25 Jul 2012L& At Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Mar 2013Unit 3A Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JQ
Received 20 Jun 2012Threepenny Bit Community Centre Deer Brook Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SX
Received 13 Jun 2012R/About Service STN New Inn Pontypool NP4 0XB
Received 13 Jun 2012Records 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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