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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Prospect PL Cwmbran NP443NN
Received 3 Feb 200658A Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441AE
Received 15 Jan 2007Car Park Adj To Maybury Hse Fairhill Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4SN
Received 12 Jan 200712 North Walk Cwmbran NP441PR
Received 24 Aug 200625 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP4 2NA
Received 7 Jul 200676 Newman Rd Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HF
Received 28 Feb 200718 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran NP44 1PE
Received 12 Feb 200723 Stiels Coed Eva Cwmbran NP44 4TS
Received 19 Feb 2007Pegasus House Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0HE
Received 12 Feb 200736 Brynheulog Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5QU
Received 9 Mar 2006101 Elgam Ave Blaenavon NP4 9QU
Received 9 Mar 20065 Charles St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441RR
Received 9 Mar 200660 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9QX
Received 8 Mar 2007Health Clinic Maendy SQ West Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1HN
Received 19 Jun 2006L& At (Os 328860 199110) St Mary's St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Jun 200622 The Orchard Ponthir Newport NP18 1GG
Received 9 Jun 2006Thomas Gabriel Nursing Home Victoria St Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JP
Received 7 Jun 2006Kerbside Adj To Forge Hammer Ind Est Woodside Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7JW
Received 8 Jun 2006Site Adj To Lakeside Hse Lakeside Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XS
Received 7 Jun 200674 Two Locks Rd Cwmbran NP44 7LD
Received 14 Nov 2005Cwmavon Hse Cwmavon Pontypool NP4 8XH
Received 14 Nov 200561 Commercial St Pontypool NP4 5JE
Received 10 Nov 200514 Wern Fach Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EX
Received 10 Nov 200515 Wern Fach Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EX
Received 10 Nov 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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