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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.
17,329 approved · 2,123 refused · 981 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Dec 1993 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Towers LWR Leigh Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8LG
Received 15 Jun 2012Beech Hse Hawarden Green Llanyrafon Cwmbran NP44 2AG
Received 21 Feb 2012Land To The Rear Of 1 Woodley Houses Llanover Road Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HU
Received 21 Feb 201223 Sherbourne Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5EW
Received 5 Oct 20121 Keats CL Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NX
Received 23 Jul 201224 Bluebell CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JN
Received 20 Jul 2012Orchard CL Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8LA
Received 11 Jul 2012New Look 6 & 7 Llewelyn Walk Cwmbran Town Centre NP44 3XH
Received 19 Jul 20122 Springfield Tce Plasycoed Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 19 Jul 201250 Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TF
Received 27 Apr 201215 Dorallt CL Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EY
Received 3 Jun 201325-27 Victoria Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JN
Received 15 Apr 2013Aide's Tackle - Fishing Unit 27 Court Road Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AS
Received 3 Jun 201342462 North Walk Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PR
Received 31 May 201319 Radnor Way Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3QX
Received 21 Sept 2012106 Green Willows Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DZ
Received 21 Sept 2012Mon Motors Ltd Cwmbran Ford Avondale Rd Cwmbran NP44 1TT
Received 26 Mar 2012Meritor H V B S (uk) Ltd Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XU
Received 8 Mar 201219 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EP
Received 6 Mar 2012Oakfield Shops Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DX
Received 16 Nov 2012Recycling Facility Little Mill Brickworks Access Road Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HD
Received 13 Nov 2012Bourne 2 H& Farm Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RD
Received 16 Nov 2012George St Dental Surgery 28 George St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BY
Received 13 Dec 2013Cheriton 3 Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2ND
Received 13 Dec 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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