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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Mount George St Pontypool NP4 6BZ
Received 6 Apr 2006Seren Fach Childcare Ltd Caerleon Rd Ponthir NP18 3GD
Received 11 Apr 200631 Windsor Rd Pontypool NP4 5HZ
Received 20 Mar 2006Tesco North West Approach Ebbw Vale NP23 6TS
Received 6 Mar 200625 Ruth Rd New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QJ
Received 6 Jun 200665 Osborne Rd Pontypool NP4 6LX
Received 5 Jun 20067 Llyswen Walk Llanyravon Cwmbran NP448JH
Received 6 Jun 200617 Juniper Crescent Cwmbran NP446EH
Received 1 Nov 200549 East Rd Cwmbran NP443DW
Received 1 Nov 200520/22 The Mall Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 1 Nov 200520/22 The Mall Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PX
Received 1 Nov 2005L& Rear Of 56 To 66 Bryn Heulog Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 28 Oct 20056 Lon Helyg Cwmbran NP442BD
Received 28 Oct 2005Rear Of Lyndene Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 27 Oct 2005The Cottage 6 Stanley Rd Pontypool NP4 7LY
Received 28 Oct 200524 Garth Rd Ty Coch Cwmbran NP447AB
Received 10 Feb 200622 Wern Fach Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EX
Received 16 Feb 200661 The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442BQ
Received 5 Jun 200619 Meyricks Coed Eva Cwmbran NP446TU
Received 5 Jun 20062 Mount Pleasant Waterloo Rd Talywain Pontypool NP4 7DT
Received 5 Jun 200649 Mynydd Maen Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441HF
Received 5 Jun 2006Gwent Crematorium Treherbert Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 5 Jun 200625 Clarence St Pontypool Gwent NP4 6LG
Received 9 Feb 20055 Selby CL Llanfrechfa Cwmbran NP448TT
Received 9 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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