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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Delfryn Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0SX
Received 20 May 2009L& BTWN Cobner CL/Talfaen CL Trevethin Pontypool
Received 20 May 2009Victoria Hse Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9RL
Received 28 Jul 20107 Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XX
Received 15 Sept 2009The Indoor Market Crane St Pontypool NP4 6NH
Received 17 Sept 2009Doncasters (Blaenavon) Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9XG
Received 16 Sept 200942714 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PW
Received 22 Jul 2009Bread Of Heaven 29 Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JQ
Received 24 Aug 2009Seren Fach Nursery Caerleon Rd Ponthir Newport NP18 1GD
Received 2 Sept 2009Maesy Glyn Farm Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HU
Received 21 Aug 2009Brookl& Tce Recreation Ground Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 22 Jun 2009St Albans R.C SCH Conway Rd Pontypool NP4 6HL
Received 16 Oct 2009161 Oaksford Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6UN
Received 16 Oct 2009Llwyncelyn Cemetery Hollybush Heights Hollybush Way Cwmbran
Received 18 Dec 200916 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool NP4 8RR
Received 3 Apr 2009Ashbridge Inn Avondale Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran NP441DE
Received 2 Apr 2009Derwenfa Caerleon Rd Ponthir Newport NP181GZ
Received 8 May 2009Unit 10-11 CRT Rd Ind Est Cwmbran NP44 3AS
Received 8 May 2009J Sainsburys Plc Llywelyn Road Southville Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Apr 2009L& Off Pentwyn Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 7 Aug 20099 Clos Afon Llwyd Riverside Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DA
Received 4 Aug 200920 - 22 The Parade Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PT
Received 31 Jul 200920 Museum CRT Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5GZ
Received 21 Jul 200918 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF
Received 21 Jul 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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