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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 Trinity Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1LP
Received 6 Nov 2009Claverton Hse Caerleon Rd Ponthir Cwmbran Torfaen NP18 1PN
Received 6 Nov 2009Front Of Forge Motors Van Hire Oldbury Rd Old Cwmbran NP44 3JU
Received 8 Sept 20091 Balance Bungalows Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7UD
Received 26 Jun 200948 Glosters Parade New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NE
Received 29 Jun 2009New Retail Units Blenheim Rd St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Aug 2009Car Park Fairwater SQ Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TA
Received 6 Aug 200923 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BY
Received 7 Aug 2009Pontypool Park Entrance Gates Usk Rd Pontymoile Pontypool NP4 8AT
Received 24 Nov 2008Cwmnant Ddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6TR
Received 21 Nov 2008Gwent Crematorium Treherbert Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442BZ
Received 25 Nov 200815 George St Pontypool NP4 6LR
Received 19 Nov 200834 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DN
Received 30 Oct 2008North Site Ty Coch Way Cwmbran NP44 7EZ
Received 26 Mar 20093 Graig Road Upper Cwmbran NP44 5AN
Received 25 Mar 2009Eriskay Stokes Drive Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1PG
Received 24 Mar 200979 Wesley St Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LX
Received 15 Feb 2009Off Rifle St Abergavenny Rd Blaenavon
Received 19 May 2009Fifth Ave Hirwaun Ind Est Hirwaun Aberdare Mid Glam
Received 28 May 200925 Wiston Path Fairwater Cwmbran NP444PZ
Received 22 May 2009Brdoaks Victoria Rd Abersychan Pontypool NP4 8PT
Received 18 May 200924 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HQ
Received 27 May 200935 Channel View Penygarn Pontypool NP4 8BN
Received 26 May 2009Little Cross Barn Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0SX
Received 22 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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