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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.
17,887 approved · 2,245 refused · 1,000 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Nov 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Springfield Tce New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PX
Received 26 May 2013Ty Mawr Farm Cefn Crib Rd Pantygasseg Pontypool Torfaen NP11 5BN
Received 22 Mar 2012L& To The Rear Of 5 Tranch Rd Pontypool NP4 6AN
Received 22 Mar 2012Plots N & O Pine Gardens Phase 2 The Tranch Pontypool
Received 21 Mar 201237 The Manor Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AQ
Received 21 Mar 201242 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NA
Received 20 Mar 201222 Cwrdy Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AG
Received 20 Mar 2012Castell Y Bwch Inn Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 21 Mar 2012Unit 2 Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JQ
Received 20 Mar 2012Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran NP44 3JQ
Received 20 Mar 2012Forecrt Park Gate Ind Est Usk Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 19 Mar 2012Avesta 2 Former Panteg Steelworks Avondale Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Jun 20122 Walnut Grove Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DJ
Received 2 Jul 20123 Ventnor Rd Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 2 Jul 2012Dan Y Graig Barn Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HY
Received 2 Jul 2012Penygarn Baptist Church Penygarn Rd Penygarn Pontypool NP4 8JT
Received 13 Jul 2012117 Llywelyn Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3PG
Received 13 Jul 2012183 Llantarnam Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BG
Received 13 Jul 2012Cwrt Henllys Farm Cwm Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AS
Received 26 Jun 201277A High St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7AG
Received 12 Jul 2012The Rolling Mill PH 43 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 12 Jul 2012St Hildas Church Hall St Hildas Kemys St Griffithstown NP4 5DJ
Received 6 Jun 2012Abersychan 66KV Substn Off Pentwyn Tce Abersychan Pontypool
Received 24 May 201329 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7NX
Received 19 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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