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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EQ
Received 22 Mar 201041 Greenfield CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BY
Received 22 Mar 201050 Tydies Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TW
Received 22 Mar 201018 New Hses Pantygasseg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6UH
Received 22 Mar 2010Whiteoak 2 Greenway CL Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BA
Received 7 Dec 200914 Warwick CL Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HG
Received 3 Dec 20094 Oakl&S View Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5ED
Received 3 Dec 200923 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JS
Received 3 Dec 200969 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QY
Received 27 Nov 2009Mitcheldene Bethel Lane Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5ST
Received 17 Sept 2009Pontymoile Entrance Gates Pontypool Park Usk Rd Pontypool NP4 8AQ
Received 18 Aug 200943 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8JA
Received 18 Aug 2009Church Farm Croesyceiliog By-pass Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2DF
Received 17 Aug 2009L& Adj Unit 96 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran NP44 5BH
Received 14 Aug 2009The Caravan L& Adj To 8 New Hses LWR Race Pontypool
Received 12 Aug 2009120 Ashford CL North Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2BL
Received 17 Aug 200915 Maes Y Rhiw CRT Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HA
Received 29 Jul 2009Henllys To Rhiwderin Pipeline
Received 28 Jul 20098 Leicester Drive Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5HD
Received 27 Jul 200969 Laburnum Drive New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0EY
Received 27 Jul 2009Tegfan Pentwyn Road Pentwyn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7TA
Received 24 Jul 200946 Clos Afon Llwyd Riverside Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DA
Received 21 Oct 20103 Upper Park Tce Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JX
Received 26 Oct 2010Cefn Llwyd Bach Penyrheol Rd Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XZ
Received 28 Oct 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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