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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Civic Centre Glantorvaen Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6YB
Received 13 May 2010CWRT Henllys Henllys Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HX
Received 10 May 2010Springfields Guest Hse 371 Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BN
Received 5 May 2010Hill Dean Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DR
Received 24 Feb 201015 Heol Derwen New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0QS
Received 23 Apr 201018 Upper Woodl& St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NS
Received 27 Apr 201022 Larch CL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RT
Received 26 Apr 2010Springfield 4 Danygraig Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PR
Received 1 Oct 20102 Maendy SQ Shops Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1HN
Received 1 Oct 2010Ashbridge Inn Avondale Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DE
Received 2 Feb 2010Avesta Phase 2 Former Panteg Steelworks Avondale Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5EL
Received 28 Jan 20107 Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EG
Received 22 Feb 20104 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SX
Received 23 Feb 2010Canal View Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DU
Received 19 Jan 2010Hair Express 8 North Walk Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran NP44 1PR
Received 21 Jan 20101 Oakfield Tce Varteg Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9DS
Received 9 Apr 201031 Oak St Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LT
Received 8 Apr 201015 Oak View Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9LU
Received 8 Apr 201050 George Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BY
Received 18 Jan 201026 Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9LN
Received 15 Jan 201097 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EQ
Received 15 Jan 201028 The Walk New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PU
Received 15 Jan 201023 Oak View Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9LU
Received 12 Jan 2010Wern Bungalow 59A Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DT
Received 12 Jan 2010Records 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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