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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
61 Mount Pleasant Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1JL
Received 29 Jun 2009Second Floor Flat 14 Old Lane Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DQ
Received 13 Oct 200936 37 38 39 40 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9LF
Received 23 Oct 2009The Laurels Wesley St Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LX
Received 12 Oct 2009The Colliers Arms High St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HB
Received 9 Oct 200931 STN Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1NY
Received 14 Oct 20092 Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Received 13 Oct 20092 Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JJ
Received 13 Oct 200926-27 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PS
Received 3 Dec 2009Land To The Rear Of Rowan Tree Hse Upper Coedcae Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9JA
Received 5 Oct 2009The Salvation Army Park Road Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JH
Received 2 Oct 2009Victoria Hse Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9RL
Received 6 Oct 2009Unit 6 Pavilion Ind Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6NF
Received 2 Oct 20095 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7NX
Received 30 Sept 20098 Ambryn Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0NJ
Received 24 Apr 2009Snatchwood North Snatchwood Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6TA
Received 21 Apr 200950 Tydies Coed Eva Cwmbran NP444TW
Received 21 Apr 200926 The Parade Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PT
Received 15 Sept 200926 Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9LN
Received 14 Sept 200954 & 56 Cocker Ave Two Locks Cwmbran NP44 7JJ
Received 15 Jun 200942554 Coed Arian Hse Oldbury Rd Cwmbran NP44 3JU
Received 12 Jun 2009Greenlawn Social Club 137 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PH
Received 11 Jun 200969 Laburnum Drive New Inn Pontypool NP4 0EY
Received 7 May 20097 Market St Pontypool NP4 6JN
Received 7 May 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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