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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 The Manor Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443AQ
Received 13 Dec 20056 The Arcade Cwmbran NP441PQ
Received 16 Dec 2005Pontrhydyrun Playing Fields Pontrhydyrun Rd Cwmbran
Received 8 Dec 2005Storage Bays Next To Bungalow Central Depot Panteg Way New Inn Pontypool
Received 8 Dec 2005The Hawthorns 53 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PN
Received 8 Dec 20052 The Beeches Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8EN
Received 9 Dec 20052 Stanley Rd Pontypool NP4 7LZ
Received 7 Dec 2005Charlton 15 Grove Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 13 Oct 200514 Brynonnen CRT Cwmbran NP446EQ
Received 13 Oct 2005Old SCH Barn Panteg Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Jun 2006Catering For You 9 Edlogan SQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442NR
Received 4 May 2006Unit 20 John Baker CL Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran NP44 3AX
Received 4 May 2006L& Adj To 3 Whittakers Row Tram Rd Upper Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AB
Received 8 May 200627 Ashford CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442AY
Received 3 May 2006The Powerstn Blenheim Rd Blenheim SQ Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 13 Feb 2006Kidwelly Hse Hanbury Rd Pontypool NP4 6QQ
Received 8 Feb 200664 Buttercup CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran NP446JY
Received 8 Feb 2006Llwyn Y Celyn Farm Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0SX
Received 30 Jan 20061 East Ave Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AB
Received 30 Jan 20067 Alex&Ra Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5BJ
Received 30 Jan 2006Old School House Abbey Cottages Abbey Farm Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3BR
Received 27 Jan 2006Victoria Works Vicarage Terrace Cwmavon Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PL
Received 26 Jan 2006L& Adj To Ashgrove Bungalow Garn Rd Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9RT
Received 25 Jan 2006The Wheatsheaf Cwmynyscoy Rd Pontypool NP4 5SG
Received 24 Jan 2006Records 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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