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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ty Cariad 6 Greenway Drive Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AZ
Received 21 Jul 2009Meadow View Penmaes Rd Ty Canol Cwmbran NP44 5LA
Received 10 Feb 2010Nant Y Coed The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0PW
Received 23 Mar 2009Burtons Biscuits Factory Site Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 Mar 200917 The Moorings Pontymoile Pontypool NP4 5NB
Received 20 Mar 2009Tce Inn Pontrhydyrun Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran NP44 1SB
Received 20 Mar 200927 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool NP4 0NP
Received 19 Mar 200917 Church Ave Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DH
Received 3 Feb 2009Glan Y Mynydd Llanover Rd Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9HU
Received 28 Oct 2008Greenspace At Bottom Of St Cadoc's Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8JN
Received 28 Oct 20085 Alex&Ra Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5BJ
Received 24 Oct 2008Rivendell Hse Yew Tree Tce Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NU
Received 16 Jul 201016 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PE
Received 27 Jul 2010P.I.L.C.S Car Park New Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0TL
Received 19 Jul 2010Cartref Pisgah Rd Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7HZ
Received 20 Jul 2010Sarum Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AP
Received 19 Jul 2010Former Golden Harvest Public Hse Ty Gwyn Rd Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 16 Jul 2010Cherryoak The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442HD
Received 25 Mar 2009In Shops Units 60/61/62/63 34 The Mall Cwmbran NP44 1PX
Received 24 Mar 200931 Upl& Drive Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HS
Received 24 Mar 20095 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PN
Received 5 Aug 2009L& Nr Henllys Church Henllys Cwmbran
Received 7 Aug 2009Waun Wern Woodland Caravan Park Old Furnace Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6UP
Received 10 Aug 2009138 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5SY
Received 29 Apr 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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