Torfaen County Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Torfaen County Borough Council decided more than 440 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 7% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 42 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Torfaen County Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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29 July 2026 · Approved
Lidl Uk Gmbh Wood Side Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EW · 25/P/0296/FUL
Figures for Torfaen County Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 440 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 7%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 42 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 9%of more than 120 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 36 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 15%about one in seven |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 57plan adopted 2013 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Torfaen County Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues in this case are: • whether the development complies with local and national policies designed to protect the countryside, including its character and appearance; • whether the development would comply with policy which seeks to steer development…”
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“The main issue in this case is the impact of the development on highway safety.”
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“The main issue in this appeal is whether the development would accord with local policy relating to development in the countryside, particular the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area and the Special Landscape…”
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“The main issues are: • whether there are material considerations sufficient to outweigh any conflict with local and national planning policies that seek to strictly control new residential development in the open countryside outside settlement boundaries, and • the effect…”
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“The main issues are whether the proposed development is acceptable in terms of flood risk, with particular regard to national planning policy, and the effect of the proposed development on highway safety.”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.