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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Hafod CL Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1GL
Received 15 Jul 2010Gwent Healthcare N H S Trust County Hosp Coed Y Gric Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5YA
Received 23 Apr 200910 Grayson Way Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GD
Received 22 Apr 2009The Homestead Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF
Received 11 Jun 2009Spare Moments Middle Coedcae Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9JB
Received 11 Jun 200930 Victoria Rd Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JU
Received 10 Jun 2009The Indoor Market Crane St Pontypool NP4 6NH
Received 9 Jun 20096 Llwyn On Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1PZ
Received 5 Mar 201025-27 Green Willows Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DU
Received 2 Mar 201025 Ashford CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AY
Received 3 Mar 20101 Ysgol PL Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1HH
Received 3 Mar 20101 Hillcrest New Inn Pontypool NP4 0NG
Received 22 Sept 2009Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw Folly Rd Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JD
Received 24 Sept 2009Cwmbran Timber & Diy Oldbury Rd Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JU
Received 21 Sept 200938 Queen St Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9PN
Received 2 Apr 2009West Monmouth SCH Blaendare Rd Pontypool NP4 5YG
Received 1 Apr 20099 Afon CL New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QE
Received 1 Apr 200923 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran NP448JA
Received 31 Mar 200916 Badgers Meadow Ponthir Newport NP181HG
Received 31 Mar 2009Ex Transfer STN Off Pantygasseg Rd Nr Pantygasseg Pontypool
Received 21 Oct 2008Unit 4 Leisure At Cwmbran Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran NP44 1QS
Received 21 Oct 20083 Wimbourne Rise Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 5LJ
Received 22 Oct 2008Park Farm Park Farm Bettws Hill Bettws Newport NP207AD
Received 20 Oct 2008Former Avesta Steel Works Avondale Road (Phase 3) Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5FH
Received 3 Oct 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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