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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Twin Dragons Archery Range Gemini Works Hanbury Rd Pontypool NP4 6PD
Received 14 Jan 2008New Cottage Pantglas Talywain Pontypool NP4 7SX
Received 18 Jan 2008Rear Of 14-20 Canal CL Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 17 Aug 200782 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HF
Received 24 Jul 200758 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 5EB
Received 23 Jul 200759 Albion Rd Pontypool NP4 6LE
Received 20 Jul 2007Mount Pleasant Hse Mount Pleasant Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6SF
Received 20 Jul 2007Fighting Fit Gym The Old Bakery Queen St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5HY
Received 23 Jul 20072 Beechleigh CL Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 5EF
Received 23 Jul 200722 Wern Fach Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EX
Received 23 Jul 2007Bluetts Hse Bluetts Lane Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 11 Sept 20075 Wentwood CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1EX
Received 3 Sept 200723 Thistle Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JD
Received 4 Sept 200717 George St Pontypool NP4 6LR
Received 4 Sept 200724 Ton Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LF
Received 3 Dec 2007Penygarn Primary Penygarn Road Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JR
Received 22 Nov 2007Plot Adjacent To 69 Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NZ
Received 21 Nov 200739 St. Cadocs Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8JW
Received 21 Nov 20078 Coed Garw Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442NJ
Received 16 Nov 200726 Radnor Way Cwmbran NP443QX
Received 26 Nov 200786 Sycamore Rd South Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AW
Received 15 Feb 20084 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DZ
Received 15 Feb 200812 East Ave Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AB
Received 13 Feb 2008L& Adj Talywain RFC Car Park
Received 21 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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