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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenlooms Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8TY
Received 30 Jun 200992 Five Locks Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BE
Received 8 Jan 2001St James Hall & Vicarage Hanbury Rd Pontypool NP4 6YG
Received 29 Jun 2009St James Hall & Vicarage Hanbury Rd Pontypool NP4 6YG
Received 29 Jun 2009St James Hall & Vicarage Hanbury Rd Pontypool NP4 6YG
Received 29 Jun 2009Ysgol Panteg Oxford St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 15 Mar 20111 Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XU
Received 15 Mar 2011101 Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5LL
Received 15 Mar 20112 & 3 Pontnewynydd Ind Est Pontypool NP4 6YW
Received 11 Nov 2010Sluvad End Farm Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TA
Received 10 Nov 201012 Ty Gwyn Rd Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7SR
Received 11 Nov 2010Tyr Ar Tryfl Jubilee Tce Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EJ
Received 10 Nov 2010Exist Play Area Mount Rd St Cadocs Pontypool
Received 9 Nov 2010The Upper Coed Cae Est
Received 7 Nov 2010Sebastopol Social Club Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5DU
Received 4 Nov 2010Church View Ivor St Blaenavon NP4 9NA
Received 4 Nov 201062 The Highway Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DR
Received 2 Nov 2010132 Edlogan Way Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2QA
Received 2 Nov 2010New Inn Fish Bar 105 The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0PJ
Received 29 Oct 2009Little Cross Barn Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX
Received 4 Nov 20099 Mount Rd St Cadoc's Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JQ
Received 2 Nov 2009Trosnant Villa Clarence St Pontypool NP4 6EW
Received 27 Oct 2009Brynhyfryd Garn Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9RX
Received 3 Nov 20091A Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NT
Received 17 Aug 2009Records 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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