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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
B & Q Plc Unit 1 Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Drive Cwmbran NP44 3JQ
Received 27 Apr 200792 Churchwood Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SX
Received 26 Apr 2007Currys Unit 5A Cwmbran Drive Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 May 2007Brantano Unit 4C Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JQ
Received 21 May 2007Coed Farm Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9LF
Received 30 Jul 2007Primrose Cottage Pentre Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 26 Jul 20077 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7BQ
Received 25 Jul 20076 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AL
Received 26 Jul 200728 Heol Madoc New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QG
Received 26 Jul 2007Rose Wen Plasycoed Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6QH
Received 12 Apr 2007West Monmouth SCH Blaendare Rd Pontypool NP4 5YG
Received 16 Apr 2007Post Office 9 Commercial St Cwmbran NP443LR
Received 16 Apr 2007Rear Of 94 Daffodil CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JF
Received 13 Apr 20074 Wainfelin Rd Pontypool NP4 6DE
Received 13 Apr 200717 Dingle Rd Cwmfields Pontypool NP4 5LA
Received 11 Apr 2007Grosmont Avon Rd Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9AT
Received 11 Apr 2007108 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran NP44 8SX
Received 14 Mar 2007Rowan Tree Cottage Harpers Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8QQ
Received 19 Mar 2007Craig Hall Bungalow Bushy Park Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen
Received 15 Mar 200734 Chapel Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DN
Received 20 Mar 200772 Picton Rd Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7HB
Received 11 Jul 2008Site Of Former Bethany Chapel St Luke's Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 3 Jun 2008Blaenavon Service STN Abergavenny Rd Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9RG
Received 3 Jun 200884 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran NP446HG
Received 3 Jun 2008Records 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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