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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mount Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BE
Received 22 Oct 2009L& Off Llantarnam Rd Fomer Burtons Factory Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran NP44 3BQ
Received 22 Oct 2009106 Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BE
Received 22 Oct 2009Grange Works Grange Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 17 May 2002Blaenavon Recreation Ground Middle Coed Cae Blaenavon
Received 22 Oct 2009Oak Tree Cottage Coed Avon Farm Varteg Rd Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9DY
Received 21 Oct 2009Ffynnon Dowel 17 Oakview CRT Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9PR
Received 20 Oct 200919 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SS
Received 20 Oct 200924 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8HQ
Received 19 Oct 2009Orchard Farm Est Trevethin Pontypool
Received 21 Oct 2009Old Hses Pentwyn Lane Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7TW
Received 13 Oct 2009Penywaun Reformed Church Waun Rd Cwmbran NP44 7JW
Received 22 Jul 20092 Ty Mynydd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NU
Received 21 Jul 2009L& Off Pentwyn Rd
Received 15 Jul 2009L& Off Pentwyn Rd Abersychan Pontypool.
Received 17 Jul 20099 Heather CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JQ
Received 25 Aug 200924/26 George St Pontypool
Received 17 Jul 2009The Royal British Legion Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NZ
Received 26 Sept 2011R/About At JCT Of Greenhill Rd & Cwmbran Drive.
Received 16 Aug 2011L& Opp Woodville Plasycoed Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QH
Received 6 May 201026 South Walk Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PU
Received 7 May 201020 Rifle St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9QS
Received 6 May 201016 Fountain Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8EU
Received 18 Nov 2010Cherry Tree Cottage The Woodl&S Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7JP
Received 20 Aug 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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