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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Site Of Upper Cwmbran Workmens Club Graig Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AS
Received 10 Feb 2006Ivydene Freeholdl& Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 8LN
Received 25 Jan 20062 Padarn PL Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DS
Received 25 Jan 200679 The Links Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DQ
Received 25 Jan 200649 Trostrey Hollybush Cwmbran NP44 7JD
Received 14 Dec 2005Unit 40 Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW
Received 14 Dec 2005132 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9QT
Received 14 Dec 2005Sluvad Water Treatment Works Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 02A
Received 20 Dec 200512 The Elders Waterloo Rd Talywain Pontypool NP4 7HQ
Received 19 Dec 200556 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BZ
Received 19 Dec 2005Coed Llwyd Farm Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2DF
Received 16 Dec 200530 The Garw Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442HA
Received 19 Dec 200522 Avondale Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran NP441UD
Received 17 Mar 200648/49 Windsor Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5HZ
Received 17 Mar 20069 Lansdowne Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GB
Received 27 Apr 200521 Hendre CRT Cwmbran NP446EW
Received 7 Jun 200514 Hawarden Green Cwmbran NP448RU
Received 7 Jun 2005Land Off Malthouse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 3 Jun 2005L& Adj Llwyncelyn Cottage Henllys Cwmbran NP44 7HL
Received 7 Jun 20051 Stowe Path Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Jun 200525 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon NP4 9LE
Received 12 Apr 2005L& Adj To 31 Upper Coed Cae Rd Blaenavon
Received 12 Apr 2005158 Brynglas Cwmbran NP447LL
Received 12 Apr 2005Llanwer O Waith Stoney Rd Pontypool NP4 8QE
Received 12 Apr 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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