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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
74 Ty Box Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441LW
Received 8 Oct 200834 Usk Rd Pontypool NP4 8AA
Received 6 Oct 2008Recycling Facility Little Mill Brickworks Access Road Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HD
Received 7 Oct 2008The Byways Sunlea Crescent Pontypool NP4 8AD
Received 2 Oct 20082 The Ridgeway Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8JH
Received 30 Sept 2008Wayside 236 The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QY
Received 6 Oct 2008Plot 17 Rhiw Franc PL Pentwyn Pontypool NP4 7TJ
Received 2 Oct 200835 Farlow Walk St. Dials Cwmbran NP444NZ
Received 2 Oct 2008L& Adj To Waterworks Lane Cwmavon Rd Abersychan Pontypool NP4 8XR
Received 6 Oct 2008Karenza Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2ND
Received 2 Oct 200838 Heol Deiniol New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RE
Received 30 Sept 20087 Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1EG
Received 1 Oct 2008Hawthorn Hse Hedgely Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HN
Received 19 Dec 2008The Rolling Mill PH 43 Broad Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9NH
Received 18 Dec 2008The Greenhse Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BP
Received 18 Dec 2008The Greenhse Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BP
Received 18 Dec 200826 Oak View Blaenavon NP4 9LU
Received 17 Dec 2008The Greenhse Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BP
Received 18 Dec 2008The Greenhse Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BP
Received 18 Dec 200810 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SX
Received 23 Sept 2008Sycamores Wainfelin Rd Pontypool NP4 6DF
Received 22 Sept 2008Best In Store The Ave Sebastopol NP4 5AE
Received 22 Sept 2008Upl&S Farm Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5DQ
Received 22 Sept 200870 Brdweir Rd Cwmbran NP443LU
Received 12 Sept 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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