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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 South Rd Oakfield Cwmbran NP443EJ
Received 13 Jun 2008Plot 15 Rhiw Franc CL Pentwyn Pontypool
Received 17 Jun 200815 Wentloog CL Cwmbran NP443PP
Received 17 Jun 2008L& At Wiltan Factory Premises Est Rd Pontnewynyd Pontypool NP4 6YW
Received 11 Sept 2008Building B2 & Compound C4 Lyn Pac Trading Est Ty-Newydd Rd Cwmbran NP44 1XE
Received 9 Sept 200835A Commercial St Pontypool NP4 6JQ
Received 9 Sept 2008L& At The Poplars Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2DX
Received 9 Sept 200861 Oakfield Rd Oakfield Cwmbran NP443EZ
Received 9 Sept 2008The Dorallt Inn Henllys Cwmbran NP446HX
Received 9 Sept 20085 Waun Rd Cwmbran NP447JN
Received 21 Jul 2008L& To The Rear Of 1/2 Wesley Tce Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 18 Jul 2008The Bungalow King Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9QG
Received 18 Jun 2009Ton Cottage Cefn Y Cefn Crib Rd Pantygasseg Pontypool Torfaen NP11 5BP
Received 16 Jun 2009The Boathse Cwmbran Boating Lake South Fields Rec Grounds Off Llanfrechfa Way Cwmbran
Received 18 Mar 200818 Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran NP445TE
Received 17 Mar 200848 Beechleigh Close Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5EG
Received 17 Mar 2008A.P Hall Church Rd Talywain Pontypool
Received 14 Mar 2008C & N News Portl& BDGS 4 Commercial St Pontypool NP4 6JS
Received 12 Mar 200817 Cromwell PL Cwmbran NP441PH
Received 12 Mar 2008Blaenavon Ironworks North St Blaenavon NP4 9RQ
Received 17 Feb 2009Trefloyd LWR Park Tce Pontypool NP4 6LB
Received 10 Jun 2008Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Service Station A4042(t) Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0XB
Received 5 Jun 2008Tesco Top Car Park LWR Bridge St Pontypool NP4 6JU
Received 9 Jun 2008The Auto Centre Fountain Rd Pontymoile Pontypool NP4 8ER
Received 5 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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