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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Cefn CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442NE
Received 25 Jul 200595 Bryn Milwr Cwmbran NP447UU
Received 18 Jul 2005Halfords Ltd Unit 3B Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Drive Cwmbran NP443JQ
Received 18 Jul 2005The SCH Rooms Mount Pleasant U R Church Hanbury Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LL
Received 18 Jul 2005Harvester Restaurant LWR Mill Field Pontypool NP4 0RH
Received 13 Jul 2005Pan Pizza 10 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Jul 200512 Bethel CRT Pontypool NP4 7RR
Received 14 Jul 200542 Camrose Walk Cwmbran NP444NN
Received 14 Jul 200526 Ty Coch Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AD
Received 15 Jul 2005124 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran NP447NZ
Received 18 Jul 2005St Michaels Church Hall Newport Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 Jul 2005Land Adj To Marina At Five Locks Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 Jul 2005Caretakers Bungalow Greenmeadow SCH Graig Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 19 Jul 20055 Charles St Cwmbran NP441RR
Received 13 Jul 200515 Juniper Crescent Henllys Cwmbran NP446EH
Received 15 Nov 2005Emlyn Park Emlyn Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7RF
Received 15 Nov 20059 Maesgwyn Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1BQ
Received 15 Nov 2005Torfaen Innovation Centre Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 14 Nov 200529 Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2PW
Received 14 Nov 2005Tynewydd Bungalow Church Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AU
Received 18 Jul 200569 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HG
Received 18 Jul 200528 Cory Park Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443HE
Received 14 Jul 20052 Shelley Green St. Dials Cwmbran NP444LZ
Received 11 Jul 200522A Museum CRT Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5G2
Received 17 Oct 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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