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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 The Sycamores Albion Rd Pontypool NP4 6LD
Received 24 Jul 2006Glanynant Cottage Glanynant Cwmbran NP44 7EX
Received 21 Jul 2006L& At (Os 328860 199110) St Mary's St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Jul 2006Star Inn Caerleon Rd Ponthir Newport NP181GZ
Received 20 Jul 200618 New St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP441EF
Received 20 Jul 2006Lyndene Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HR
Received 20 Jul 20065 The Fairway New Inn Pontypool NP4 0JR
Received 20 Jul 200619 Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JR
Received 20 Jul 2006The Bungalow Graig Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Nov 2005Leamside 38 Brdway Pontypool NP4 6HW
Received 10 Nov 2005SCH Room Mamhilad Pontypool NP4 0JF
Received 6 Jun 20061 Clyffes Cwmbran NP444SG
Received 6 Jun 2006130 Edlogan Way Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442QA
Received 19 Apr 200642 Clark Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1RZ
Received 19 Apr 20066 Whitebrook Way Cwmbran NP44 3PX
Received 9 Nov 2005Brockweir Grange Rd Cwmbran NP443LA
Received 9 Nov 20055 West View Tce Blaenavon NP4 9RR
Received 9 Nov 2005Jasmine Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8DQ
Received 8 Nov 2005The Bungalow Ty Ceirios Pentrepiod Pontypool
Received 8 Nov 2005Tyr Hen Forwyn Hafodyrynys Pontypool NP115BN
Received 8 Nov 200515 Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Nov 2005Doncasters Blaenavon Ltd Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9XG
Received 7 Nov 2005Spar Stores 68 The Highway Pontypool NP4 0PL
Received 12 Aug 200530 Festival Crescent New Inn Pontypool NP4 0NA
Received 25 Jan 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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