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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit R4 General Rees SQ Cwmbran
Received 23 Sept 2002111 Coed Camlas Pontypool NP4 8RP
Received 2 Sept 2002The Gables 23 Lowlands Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RF
Received 18 Nov 20021 The Manor Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 15 Nov 200250 Beeches Rd Pontypool NP4 8HJ
Received 15 Nov 2002Site Of Bell Lane Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 3 Feb 2003The Mount Mount Pleasant Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Oct 200213 Ruth Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Sept 2000Sainsbury's Petrol Filling STN Llywellyn Rd Cwmbran
Received 4 Aug 2000139 Chester Close New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LW
Received 3 May 200061 Mount Pleasant Rd West Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 29 Sept 1999Park Cottage Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8BL
Received 20 Dec 2002B & Q Supercentre Unit 1 Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Drive
Received 20 Dec 200293 C&WR Park Ponthir Newport NP18 1HM
Received 20 Dec 2002Brookfield JNR & Infant SCH Victoria St Cwmbran NP443JR
Received 18 Dec 20026 Coed Eva Mill Cwmbran NP447EU
Received 19 Dec 2002Ty Ceirios Pentrepiod Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 3 Nov 1993The Blinkin Owl P.H. Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 26 Jul 1993Pontyvelin Hse LWR New Inn Panteg
Received 9 Feb 1993Adj To Lamb Inn PH Penyrheol Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Jul 199242589 Monnow CRT Thornhill Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Jul 200230 Holly Lodge Rd Cwmbran NP44 2NQ
Received 5 Jun 200253 Gifford CL Cwmbran NP44 7NY
Received 10 Jun 20027 Oakl&S Rd Pontypool NP4 5DB
Received 10 Jun 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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