Torfaen County Borough Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Torfaen County Borough Council is the one council for Torfaen: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 2,574 postcodes in use in Torfaen, in 4 postcode districts of the NP postcode area.
83% of homes and businesses in Torfaen can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Torfaen County Borough Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Report a problem
Schools
Care, support and libraries
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Torfaen County Borough Council. GOV.UK lists 26. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 5 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Torfaen?
Across Torfaen, 83% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 73% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Torfaen?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,156 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band I is two and a third times it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,437 |
| Band B | £1,677 |
| Band C | £1,916 |
| Band D | £2,156 |
| Band E | £2,635 |
| Band F | £3,114 |
| Band G | £3,593 |
| Band H | £4,311 |
| Band I | £5,030 |
Band D is the average across the area, including police and community council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Welsh Government (StatsWales), Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority, published 24 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcode districts with postcodes in Torfaen
- NP4 postcode district1,276 of its 1,371 postcodes in use are in Torfaen.
- NP11 postcode district4 of its 913 postcodes in use are in Torfaen.
- NP18 postcode district40 of its 487 postcodes in use are in Torfaen.
- NP44 postcode district1,254 of its 1,257 postcodes in use are in Torfaen.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode area
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Torfaen.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Torfaen?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Torfaen covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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