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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hawthorn Hse Hedgley Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HN
Received 20 Apr 20091 Woodleigh Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HX
Received 17 Apr 2009L& Opp 53 Windsor Rd Griffithstown NP4 5HS
Received 20 Apr 2009Strawberry Cottage Upper Coedcae Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9HZ
Received 20 Apr 2009Beech Hse Penyrheol Pontypool NP4 5XZ
Received 20 Apr 20091 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran NP448SJ
Received 17 Apr 200931 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran NP447NX
Received 8 Apr 2009Hen Eglwys Farm Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442DF
Received 7 Apr 2009Meiringen 75 Usk Rd Pontypool NP4 8AF
Received 6 Apr 200918 Grove Park Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RP
Received 26 Aug 2009L& Off Pentwyn Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 25 Aug 2009The Rowans Craig Rd Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5YY
Received 21 Aug 2009L& Adj To Tegfan Pentwyn Rd Abersychan Pontypool. NP4 7TA
Received 9 Jun 2010Green CRT Barn Henllys Way Henllys Cwmbran NP44 6HT
Received 9 Jun 2010Ar-Llwys L& Varteg Rd Blaenavon
Received 12 Apr 2010Stokes Farm Stokes Drive Ponthir Newport NP181PG
Received 22 Apr 20098 Glyntirion Two Locks Cwmbran NP447HY
Received 21 Apr 2009Scottsdale Spring Tce Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AQ
Received 20 Apr 200912 Forest View Henllys Cwmbran NP446ED
Received 15 Dec 2008Ty Ceirios Nursing Home Pentrepiod Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6TJ
Received 15 Dec 2008Rougemont SCH Llantarnam Hall Malpas Rd Newport NP206QB
Received 15 Dec 2008Polo Grounds Ind Est Pontypool NP4 0TW
Received 28 Aug 2009Gwent Constabulary HQ Turnpike Rd Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2XJ
Received 29 Jun 2009Nant Y Coed The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0PW
Received 23 Mar 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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