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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Cardigan Crescent Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2QG
Received 13 Aug 2010Ivor Gardens Ivor St Blaenavon
Received 10 Aug 2010Cwmavon Stables Cwmavon Road Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 May 2010Cwmavon Stables Cwmavon Road Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 May 2010Land To The West Of Varteg Road Varteg Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 May 2010Unit 13 General Rees SQ Cwmbran NP44 1AH
Received 25 May 2010Unit 13 General Rees SQ Cwmbran NP44 1AH
Received 25 May 20106 Brdway Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6HN
Received 24 May 2010Roseleigh 35 Harpers Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7LX
Received 24 May 2010Lloyds Pharmacy New St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1EE
Received 21 May 2010Ty Gwin St Marys Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2EL
Received 20 May 2010Springvale Cwmbran NP44 5BD
Received 24 Dec 2009The Old Vicarage LWR Glantorfaen Tce Blaenavon NP4 9BR
Received 18 Dec 20092 Prospect PL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PY
Received 18 Dec 20097 The Manor Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AQ
Received 8 Dec 2009The Dagmar 70 Commercial Rd Talywain Pontypool NP4 7HT
Received 8 Dec 200914 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF
Received 7 Dec 2009Moreton Hse St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6SU
Received 3 Dec 200982 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8HF
Received 2 Dec 200978 Brynhyfryd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2EU
Received 30 Nov 2009Land Off Station Road Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Nov 20098 Maple Crescent Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AS
Received 1 Dec 200936 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SX
Received 30 Nov 2009Dahlia Cottage Caerleon Rd Ponthir NP18 1GX
Received 1 Dec 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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