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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Twmpath Gardens Pontypool NP4 6AU
Received 28 May 199781 Daffodil CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran NP44 6JF
Received 8 Jan 199741 The Ave Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 13 Feb 1996On Grass Verge Opp Elf Garage Snatchwood Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Dec 1994Llantarnam Depot & Stores Main Malpas Rd Cwmbran
Received 2 Jul 1992Trees Adj To Swalec Substn Cwmbran Drive Torfaen
Received 28 Jun 2002Zion Hill Community Council Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 27 Jun 200040 Picton St Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 19 Apr 2000Rising Sun Cwmavon Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 19 Jan 20007 The Arcade Cwmbran NP441PQ
Received 30 Aug 2002Second Floor 31B Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 Aug 202027 Larch CL Pontypool NP4 0RT
Received 30 Aug 2002Site In Grounds Of Marlston Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Sept 2002L& Adj Dan-Y-Graig Bethel Lane Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 25 Jun 200228 Laurel Green Cwmbran NP445TD
Received 24 Jun 200229 Stiels Coed Eva Cwmbran
Received 5 Jun 200210 Clover CRT Cwmbran Cwmbran NP446LB
Received 16 Jul 200264 The Woodl&S Pontypool NP4 8BS
Received 15 Jul 2002The Barn Church Farm Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 Jul 200213 Rosemead Cwmbran NP445BN
Received 10 Jul 2002The Bungalow Oldbury Rd Cwmbran
Received 12 Jul 2002Site Of Nos 20 22 24 26 & 28 Tenison Rd & 47 49 51 53 & 55 St Cadocs Rd Trevethin Pontypool
Received 11 Jul 200270 Manor Rd Pontypool NP4 7DN
Received 12 Jul 200282 Woodl& Rd Cwmbran NP442DU
Received 11 Jul 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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