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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EG
Received 12 Aug 2011Silva Lodge Greenway Drive Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AZ
Received 12 Aug 201124 Prospect PL Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NJ
Received 26 May 2011Barclays Bank Plc Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XX
Received 29 Jun 20102 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1XP
Received 29 Jun 2010Nant Celyn Primary SCH Henllys Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 28 Jun 2010Heol Mynydd Farm Mountain Rd Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AA
Received 28 Jun 2010Rustling STN Rd Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1GU
Received 28 Jun 201019 Dorallt Way Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HW
Received 25 Jun 201057 STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JH
Received 30 Jun 201016 Fountain Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8EU
Received 24 Jun 201017 Deer Brook Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SX
Received 23 Jun 2010Tievoli 11 St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6SU
Received 24 Jun 20103 Gilwern Farm CL Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1QW
Received 28 Jun 2010Ty Coch Farm Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TP
Received 22 Jun 201097 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SX
Received 22 Jun 2010Castell Barn Castell Barn Farm Henllys Cwmbran NP447AZ
Received 22 Jun 201057 BRD St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 22 Jun 20106 Caerwent Rd Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JL
Received 18 Mar 20117 Coed Tce Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7HN
Received 17 Mar 201115 Dorallt CL Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EY
Received 17 Mar 20118 Ash Grove Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JJ
Received 16 Mar 201160 The Highway Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DR
Received 16 Feb 2011St Elmo 45 Wainfelin Rd Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DF
Received 15 Feb 2011Records 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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