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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
18,125 approved · 2,282 refused · 1,005 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Pentre CL Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LQ
Received 13 Apr 2011124 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BU
Received 13 Apr 20111 Lowl&S Crescent Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BS
Received 13 Apr 2011Plot 9 Rhiw Franc PL Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7TR
Received 4 Apr 2011Old School Barn Church Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Apr 201115 - 17 George St LWR Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LR
Received 26 Jan 2011Le Heritage Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7PA
Received 14 Jan 2011Grindlewald Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AP
Received 14 Jan 201130 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8JE
Received 12 Jan 2011Cwmbran Celtic Football Off Henllys Way Cwmbran NP4 3BE
Received 12 Jan 2011Lasgarn Fields Woodside Road Trevethin Pontypool
Received 11 Jan 201112 Oakleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HE
Received 11 Jan 20111 The Ave Wainfelin Pontypool
Received 28 Sept 2011Trevethin Village Core Folly Rd/Church Av Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DH
Received 29 Sept 2011Former Hill Top Garage St Davids CL Penygarn Pontypool NP4 8BA
Received 3 Aug 2011The Vicarage Heol Caerllion Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8DQ
Received 3 Aug 2011Former Brandon Tool Hire Woodside Rd Cwmbran
Received 3 Aug 201157 Crown Rise Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8UQ
Received 2 Aug 2011Pearl House Hanbury Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL
Received 1 Aug 201128 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8RE
Received 1 Aug 20113 Snatchwood CRT North Snatchwood Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Aug 2011Rear Of Tanglewood Coed Eva Mill Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7EU
Received 1 Aug 20111 Woodl& Park Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6UP
Received 16 Dec 2010Monmouth Hse Cwmbran NP44 1QU
Received 13 Dec 2010Records 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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