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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.
17,055 approved · 2,085 refused · 971 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
147 Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DL
Received 17 Aug 20126 Llys Gwyrdd Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LS
Received 17 Aug 20127 Avondale Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1UD
Received 17 Aug 2012The Market Hall Market St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JN
Received 17 Aug 2012Clarence Corner Car Park Clarence Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AZ
Received 17 Aug 201216 Channel View Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8BN
Received 15 Aug 20127 Smallbrook CL Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3QA
Received 20 Feb 2012Meritor H V B S (uk) Ltd Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XU
Received 13 Feb 2012The Tamarind Blenheim Rd St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SY
Received 24 May 201310 Montresor CRT Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3HG
Received 9 May 2012Former Brookfield Primary SCH Llywelyn Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 Apr 2012109 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PJ
Received 25 Mar 2013Mill Tavern Public Hse Site Coed Eva Mill Cwmbran
Received 21 Nov 201226 Poplar Ave New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0EX
Received 5 Aug 2013St James Hall Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL
Received 2 Aug 20138 16 22 42 & 44 Coed Glas Two Locks Cwmbran
Received 4 Sept 20123, 5, 9, 12 ,14, 18, 20, 27 & 33 Ton Road Cwmbran
Received 4 Sept 201258, 59, 62, 65, 67, 68 & 72 Ton Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LE
Received 4 Sept 201227 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PP
Received 5 Sept 2012Plot 33 Showhome Hollybush SCH Site Henllys Way Cwmbran NP44 7LE
Received 5 Feb 201314 & 16 Fairwater Square Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TA
Received 4 Feb 20138 Leicester Drive Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HD
Received 30 May 2012Land At The Walk New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 May 2012Block 7 Northville Neighbourhood Cwmbran
Received 16 Mar 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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