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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
113 North Rd Cwmbran NP442LJ
Received 9 Jul 2002Rose Cottage Cwrdy Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XZ
Received 14 Oct 2002Field At Llantarnam Abbey To The East Of The New Bypss Chainage 1850-2100 Bounded By Abbey North Access & The Exist Ditch To The
Received 3 Aug 1994Snatchwood Works Abersychan Gwent
Received 14 Mar 1994The Clarks Shop 14 The Parade Cwmbran
Received 11 Nov 199319 Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 21 Jul 19938 South Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Mar 19932 Brookside Llanover Rd Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9HQ
Received 12 Feb 1993Widdershins Centre East Ave Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Feb 20037 Badgers Meadow Ponthir Torfaen NP18 1HG
Received 5 Feb 200321 & 22 Stanley Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 28 Apr 2003Mount Pleasant Inn Wesley St Cwmbran NP443LX
Received 24 Apr 200316 Wimborne Rise West Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5LT
Received 2 Jan 20031 Central Way Cwmbran NP445HT
Received 2 Jan 2003Lodge Cottage Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Dec 2002Ryecroft Ruth Rd Pontypool NP4 0QJ
Received 14 Oct 2002L& Adj To Bethel Baptist Chapel King St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 4 Oct 2002Former Avesta Sheffield Site STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Jul 20029 Ty Mynydd Cwmbran NP441NT
Received 1 Jul 20029 Saxons Hses Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7DP
Received 25 Jun 2002Bartondale Homes 3 Woodl& View Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2DA
Received 25 Jun 200292 Five Locks Rd Cwmbran Cwmbran NP441BE
Received 8 Jul 2002Stone Croft Caerleon Rd Brechfa CL Ponthir
Received 19 Nov 2002Springfield Brechfa CL Cwmbran NP18 1GY
Received 18 Nov 2002Records 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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