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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.
16,222 approved · 1,948 refused · 948 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Jan 1996 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AN
Received 7 Oct 2011Plot Of L& St Davids CL Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Mar 20132 Hendre CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EW
Received 1 Mar 20131 Hendre CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EW
Received 1 Mar 2013Jubilee Building Crane St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Mar 2013Pontnewynydd Primary School Lower Leigh Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8LQ
Received 28 Feb 20131 The Ave Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AF
Received 1 Mar 2013Upper Trosnant Baptist Church LWR Bridge St Pontypool NP4 6JU
Received 27 Feb 2013Penylan Cottage Penylan Fields Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7SA
Received 4 Mar 2014Oddfellows Arms Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DZ
Received 13 Jan 2014Pharmacy St Lukes Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6SU
Received 13 Jan 2014Land At Henllys Village Road Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Oct 2013The Vicarage Vicarage Lane Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PX
Received 10 Oct 2013Bakery Close Phase 2 Commercial Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Oct 201338 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BE
Received 14 Nov 2012Colley Motor Group Hyundai Hse Maendy Way Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5LF
Received 12 Nov 2012Woodl&S Field Penygarn Pontypool NP4 8BT
Received 7 Mar 2013Monmouth Hse Cwmbran NP44 1QU
Received 7 Mar 20131 The Sycamores Albion Rd Pontypool NP4 6LD
Received 15 May 2013160 Llewellyn Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3PQ
Received 13 May 20132 Lamb Lane Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1HA
Received 7 May 2013New Cottage British Talywain Pontypool NP4 7SX
Received 2 May 2013Unit 11 Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TW
Received 7 May 2013Upper Trosnant Baptist Church Hall LWR Bridge St Pontypool NP4 6JU
Received 27 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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