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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Torfaen County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Torfaen website
18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garn Wen Farm Belle Vue Lane Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AT
Received 29 Jul 2008Stokes Farm Stokes Drive Ponthir NP18 1PG
Received 30 Jul 200816 Mount Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8JQ
Received 30 Jul 2008A B Stores George St Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 8NX
Received 30 Jul 2008Blenheim Square Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 29 Jul 20089 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9QY
Received 18 Jul 200828 Maes Y Celyn Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5DG
Received 15 Jul 2008Owens Cafe The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2HD
Received 18 Jul 2008Pentwyn Cricket Club Mission Hall Rd Pentwyn Pontypool
Received 11 Jul 200880 Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JF
Received 3 Jun 2008Church Wood Penygarn Pontypool
Received 30 May 200842683 Top Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool NP4 7LW
Received 3 Jun 2008Bryn Deri Old Penygarn Pontypool NP4 8JS
Received 23 May 2008Seren Fach Nursery School Close Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GA
Received 29 Apr 2008109 Usk Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 30 Apr 2008126 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HE
Received 29 Apr 2008L& At Rear Of 16 Oaks CRT Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7UZ
Received 29 Apr 2008Plot 5 Rhiw Franc PL Pentwyn Pontypool
Received 29 Apr 2008L& To The Rear Of 11 West View Tce Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9RR
Received 2 Jul 200872 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BZ
Received 28 Apr 200814 Wainfelin Rd Pontypool NP4 6DE
Received 25 Apr 2008Boots The Chemists Ltd 10-14 The Mall Cwmbran NP441PX
Received 24 Apr 200824 Daffodil CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran NP446JG
Received 23 Apr 20085 Ty Coch Tce Ty Coch Lane Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Apr 2008Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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