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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gelli Fach Barn Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AT
Received 16 Oct 200817 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool NP4 8RP
Received 15 Oct 2008Unit 101-102 Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5BH
Received 23 Jan 200915 Ashgrove Close Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DA
Received 11 Aug 200813 Greenfield CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441BY
Received 11 Aug 2008Plot A 18 Maesderwen Rd Pontymoile Pontypool NP4 5LF
Received 7 Aug 200821 Dynevor CL Llanyravon Cwmbran NP448RG
Received 12 Aug 2008Spring Farm Varteg Pontypool
Received 4 Aug 200815 Wye CRT Thornhill Cwmbran NP445UJ
Received 6 Aug 2008Chestnut Cottage 1 Canal Bank Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5DP
Received 5 Aug 2008Rear Of 18 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF
Received 14 Jul 20093 East Ave Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AB
Received 15 Jul 2009Hollybush JNR & Inf SCH Ton Rd Cwmbran
Received 3 Jul 2009Entrance To Pontnewynydd Ind Est
Received 2 Dec 20085 Llwyn On Ponthir Newport NP181PZ
Received 27 Nov 200818 Pisgah CL Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7EJ
Received 21 Jul 2010Tudor Woods Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 22 Jul 20103 Stonebridge Park Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442JL
Received 31 Oct 2008Seatona Limekiln Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6TF
Received 17 Nov 2008Tesco Store Top Car Park Site Pontypool
Received 9 Apr 2008New House Farm Church Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TS
Received 6 Nov 200833 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool NP4 8RP
Received 14 Apr 2008Grange Road Kebab Van Grange Road Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Apr 20081 Llanthewy CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442PF
Received 10 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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