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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Alenia Marconi Building Ty Coch Way Cwmbran NP44 7XX
Received 2 Sept 200552 Trostrey Hollybush Cwmbran NP447JD
Received 1 Sept 200528 Ton Rd Cwmbran NP447LF
Received 1 Sept 20052 Festival Crescent New Inn Pontypool NP4 0NA
Received 1 Sept 2005Orl&O Limekiln Rd Pontypool NP4 6TB
Received 30 Aug 20054 Castle Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6ER
Received 30 Aug 2005Llantarnam Comp SCH Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Aug 200524 Meyricks Cwmbran NP446TU
Received 26 Aug 200522 West Roedin Cwmbran NP447EB
Received 30 Aug 2005Superdrug 16 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Dec 2005Byways Caerleon Road Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1GX
Received 7 Dec 2005Cherry Cottage Penyrheol Pontypool NP4 5XS
Received 12 Dec 20051 Cotterells Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HJ
Received 12 Dec 20057 Gwent SQ Cwmbran NP44 1PN
Received 8 Dec 2005Vine Cottage Garth Rd Ty Coch Cwmbran
Received 8 Nov 20052 Beechley Cottages Yellow Row Old Furnace Pontypool NP4 6UT
Received 16 Jun 20069 Pant Yr Eos Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441DP
Received 12 Jun 2006Plot 3 Snatchwood CRT Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 15 Jun 2006L& Off Upper Coedcae Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9JA
Received 13 Jun 20061 Marloes Path Cwmbran NP44 4SE
Received 13 Jun 2006Homebase Ltd Tudor Rd Cwmbran NP44 3PH
Received 13 Jun 2006Pontnewydd War Memorial Lowl&S Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441RF
Received 13 Jun 2006Mynydd James Nr Baina Abertillery Gwent
Received 1 Aug 200619 Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JR
Received 17 Jul 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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