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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Crown Hotel Varteg Rd Varteg Pontypool NP4 Ug
Received 17 Dec 2008Doncasters (blaenavon) Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Industrial Estate Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9XG
Received 22 Dec 2008Garage Opp 71 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6QY
Received 14 Aug 2008Euroimmun 50 George St Pontypool NP4 6BY
Received 13 Aug 200817 Thistle CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran NP446JD
Received 13 Aug 20083 Woodl& View Garndiffaith Pontypool NP4 7SU
Received 6 May 2008Hollylodge Residential Home 1 Ton Rd Cwmbran NP447LF
Received 6 May 200812 Church Ave Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DH
Received 6 May 2008L& To The Rear Of Plot 2 (Bryn-Awel) Oaks CRT Abersychan Pontypool
Received 30 Apr 200810 Garth Rd Ty Coch Cwmbran NP447AB
Received 2 May 2008Ladbrokes Ltd 43 Gwent SQ Cwmbran NP441PL
Received 13 Feb 200911 Orchard Farm Est Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DN
Received 13 Feb 2009Former Avesta Steelworks Pontypool Torfaen
Received 12 Feb 2009Former Golden Harvest Ty Gwyn Road St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4LF
Received 23 Dec 200847 Park St Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9AB
Received 22 Dec 200870 Thornhill Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TF
Received 22 Dec 20085 Coity Tce Forge Side Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9DH
Received 7 Jul 200870 Golf Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0QW
Received 4 Jul 20085A Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 4 Jul 20082 Edlogan SQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442NR
Received 4 Jul 2008Plot 18 Rhiw Franc CL Pentwyn Pontypool
Received 17 Jun 200846 Ty Mynydd Est Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NU
Received 17 Jun 2008The Wern Crumlin Rd Pontypool NP4 6US
Received 11 Jun 2008Vantage Hse Ty Coch Way Cwmbran
Received 4 Jun 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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