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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Birch Grove Cwmbran NP446EP
Received 11 Oct 20051 St. Marys Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442EL
Received 13 Oct 200566 Hill St Blaenavon NP4 9EW
Received 12 Oct 20051 William St Cwmbran NP441PG
Received 17 Feb 200614 Hill Top Cwmbran NP443NY
Received 17 Feb 200613A Meadowbrook Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441BJ
Received 22 Feb 2006Opp The Blinkin Owl Pub Henllys Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 Feb 200611 King St Blaenavon NP4 9QQ
Received 16 Feb 200615 Cross St Garndiffaith Pontypool NP4 7NQ
Received 16 Feb 2006Riflemans Arms Rifle St Blaenafon
Received 16 Feb 200631 Wainfelin Rd Pontypool NP4 6DE
Received 11 Aug 2005Glansirhowy Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8AD
Received 10 Aug 2005Spar Stores 26 BRD St Blaenavon NP4 9NE
Received 10 Aug 20059 Greenfield CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441BY
Received 10 Aug 2005St Cenydd Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF
Received 8 Aug 2005Dorothy Perkins 30 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 9 Aug 200517 The Leas Cwmbran NP441JT
Received 8 Aug 200510 Usk CRT Cwmbran NP445UP
Received 26 Jul 200513 Nolton PL Cwmbran NP447LA
Received 22 Jul 200513 Buttercup CRT Cwmbran NP446JY
Received 8 Jul 2005Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Car Park Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway Garn Y Erw Torfaen
Received 26 Jul 2005Former Bethany Chapel Site St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Jul 200552 Coed Camlas Pontypool NP4 8RR
Received 27 Jul 2005L& Adj To Maes Y Glyn Farm Capel Newydd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 25 Jul 2005Records 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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