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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.
17,080 approved · 2,090 refused · 971 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 Usk Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AE
Received 24 May 201242525 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DZ
Received 24 May 20122 LWR Glantorvaen Tce Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9BU
Received 23 May 2012Park Lawn CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 22 May 201270 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JT
Received 21 May 201245 Trinity Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LG
Received 21 May 20124 Crofton Mede Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4DH
Received 8 May 2012Glantorvaen Hse Glantorvaen Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XY
Received 8 May 2012Ty Ambrose Farm Wellfield Lane Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BT
Received 8 May 201241 Pencoed PL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2QU
Received 8 May 201278/79 King St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9QH
Received 3 May 2012Waterloo Inn Avondale Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5EL
Received 2 May 2012Rougemont SCH Malpas Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP20 6QB
Received 5 Nov 201217 Greenwood Drive Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EA
Received 1 Nov 2012Ty Ceirios Nursing Home Pentrepiod Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6TJ
Received 25 Jan 2012L& Adj Ty-Ni Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0SX
Received 25 Jan 2012Brynawelon Nursing Home Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AP
Received 25 Jan 2012Meritor H V B S (uk) Ltd Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XU
Received 24 Jan 2012215 Ashford CL South Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2BE
Received 20 Jan 20121 Old Row Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HS
Received 10 Jan 201254 - 55 Broad Street Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 18 Jun 201212 General Rees SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH
Received 18 Jun 20121.0310510811E+026 120 122 123 & 124 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9QU
Received 11 Feb 201387 90 92 93 96 97 98 & 101 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9QU
Received 11 Feb 2013Records 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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