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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Hill St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9EP
Received 14 Sept 200919 The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2BG
Received 11 Sept 200958 New St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EF
Received 22 Dec 2009L& At 324628 208915 Adj To Abergavenny Fine Foods Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon
Received 22 Dec 200931 Heol Madoc New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QQ
Received 2 Apr 200915 Parc Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441RU
Received 2 Apr 200943 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran NP448JA
Received 22 Jan 2009Former Golden Harvest PH Ty Gwyn Rd Cwmbran NP44 4LF
Received 21 Jan 200924 Ellwood Path St. Dials Cwmbran NP444RD
Received 20 Jan 2009Canal View Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5DU
Received 2 Jun 2009Land Off Pentwyn Rd Abersychan NP4 7TT
Received 2 Jun 200923 Charles St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9JT
Received 16 Dec 2009Little Oaks Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HU
Received 11 Dec 2009Unit 15 Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9RL
Received 14 Dec 2009Royal Oak George Street Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PA
Received 21 Jan 2009L& BTWN Pentwyn Farm Croesyceiliog & Sluvad End Farm
Received 26 Feb 1999St Gabriel's Church Commercial St Old Cwmbran Cwmbran NP44 3LR
Received 20 Jan 2009Units Adj To Amc Rollers Ltd Polo Grounds Ind Est New Inn Pontypool NP4 0TW
Received 19 Jan 200919 Hill CL Tranch Pontypool NP4 6FA
Received 5 Jan 2008The Presbytery St Mary St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5LR
Received 2 Jan 2009L& On East Side Of Lasgarn Lane Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8TL
Received 2 Jan 200938 Oakleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran NP446HE
Received 16 Dec 200825 Plantation Drive Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442AW
Received 16 Dec 2008Bryn Cottage Stoney Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool NP4 8QE
Received 16 Dec 2008Records 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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