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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 The Mall Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 24 Feb 201112A Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PW
Received 24 Feb 2011Longfield Hse Snatchwood Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BU
Received 23 Feb 201113 Stevelee Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7DP
Received 23 Feb 2011Pontnewydd Allotments Rear Of Tynewydd Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 23 Feb 201116 Fairhill Walk Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4QY
Received 23 Feb 201130 The Mall Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 22 Feb 201114 Twmpath Gardens Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6AU
Received 22 Feb 2011Brig Y CWM Cwmbargoed Merthyr Tydfil
Received 11 Feb 2011L& To The West Old Mill Farm Denbridge Rd Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 Feb 2011Big Pit Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9XP
Received 17 Feb 2011The Mount Penyrheol Rd Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XS
Received 6 Jan 2011Trees Adj To Car Park Of Spear Europe Llantarnam Ind Est Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3SE
Received 5 Jan 2011Land Adjacent To 10 John Fielding Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JJ
Received 4 Jan 20116TH Form Block Llantarnam Hall Malpas Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 4 Jan 2011L& Adj To Heather View Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 4 Jan 2011Primark Store General Rees SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH
Received 4 Jan 2011Zoar Chapel Castell Y Bwch Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 4 Jan 2011Gwent Garage (roundabout Motors) Clarence Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AY
Received 4 Jan 201118 Mill Hse CRT Hollybush Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AY
Received 1 Feb 2012Street Record Court Road Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 13 Jan 2012Street Record Crumlin Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Feb 20125 Llwyn On Ponthir NP18 1PZ
Received 1 Feb 20127 Crown Close Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BW
Received 20 Oct 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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