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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
L& Adj To Hillgrove BTWN Victoria Rd & Old SCH Lane Abersychan Pontypool NP4 8QR
Received 3 May 2006The SCH Forgeside Blaenavon
Received 9 Feb 200638 Hafod Rd Ponthir Newport NP181GH
Received 16 Jun 2006Parkside Sheltered Accommodation Wesley St Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3LW
Received 19 Jun 200680 Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JF
Received 16 Aug 200617 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DY
Received 16 Aug 200641 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DN
Received 16 Aug 2006L& At (Os 327596 200437) Twmpath Rd Pontypool
Received 15 Aug 200638 Hafod Rd Ponthir Newport NP181GH
Received 8 Dec 2006110 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9QT
Received 5 Dec 200610 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran NP44 8RE
Received 4 Dec 2006L& Adj To Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon NP4 9LP
Received 9 Mar 2006Cam CRT Thornhill Cwmbran NP445UW
Received 8 Mar 2006Marmaris Kebab 20 20A St. Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6SU
Received 8 Mar 2006Upper Trosnant Baptist Church LWR Bridge St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Mar 20066 Clarence St Pontypool NP4 6LG
Received 12 May 200661 Mount Pleasant Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1JL
Received 12 May 200615 Dean CRT Henllys Cwmbran NP446EN
Received 12 May 200649 Oakl&S Rd Sebastopol Pontypool NP4 5BZ
Received 12 May 20067 Chestnut CL New Inn Pontypool NP4 0EZ
Received 11 May 2006147 Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7DL
Received 10 May 2006Burtons Biscuits Factory Site Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Jun 2006Craig Hall Bungalow Bushy Park Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Jun 200643 Park St Blaenavon Pontypool NP4 9AB
Received 18 Oct 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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