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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Trostrey Cwmbran NP44 7JD
Received 24 Apr 2006147 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool NP4 0LW
Received 24 Apr 20062 Minories Fairwater Cwmbran NP444DA
Received 3 Apr 2006Unit 9 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran NP44 1PE
Received 21 Aug 200633 Five Oaks Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2LS
Received 21 Dec 2006Panteg Cemetery The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PH
Received 18 Aug 2006Brookleigh Viaduct Rd Victoria Village Pontypool NP4 7PA
Received 18 Aug 200618 Cory Park Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443HE
Received 28 Jun 200615 Lowl&S Crescent Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441BS
Received 26 Jun 2006L& Adj To Greggwood Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442PN
Received 1 Apr 2006Unit 38 - 39 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran NP445BD
Received 23 Feb 2006Land Adj To 85 Bryn Eglwys Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2EL
Received 23 Feb 200616 The Links Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DG
Received 23 Feb 200684 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran NP448SU
Received 22 Feb 200650A Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 14 Mar 2006Glanmyre St Dials Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3NZ
Received 7 Feb 200617 Chestnut Green Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran NP445TH
Received 7 Feb 200614 Green Acre Two Locks Cwmbran NP447HT
Received 7 Feb 20068 Avondale Crescent Cwmbran NP44 1UA
Received 7 Feb 2006Brook Hse Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BP
Received 7 Feb 200636 Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5LT
Received 6 Feb 2006The Brambles Cross St Garndiffaith Pontypool NP4 7NQ
Received 6 Feb 2006218 The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0PG
Received 6 Feb 200611 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7BQ
Received 6 Feb 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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