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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Brankleys Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9HY
Received 11 Apr 200327 Stokes CRT Cwmbran NP181RY
Received 8 Apr 2003Halifax Plc 18 The Mall Cwmbran NP441YX
Received 8 Apr 200355 Cefn Milwr Cwmbran NP447PL
Received 8 Apr 2003Dan Y Capel Bethal Lane Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Tofaen
Received 7 Apr 2003Rising Sun Inn Cwmavon Rd Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PP
Received 4 Apr 200352 Wainfelin Ave Pontypool NP4 6DQ
Received 2 Apr 200317 Cefn Milwr Cwmbran NP447PJ
Received 2 Apr 2003Caerfachnant Hse Hanbury Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JL
Received 31 Mar 2003Lower Garn Terrace Garn Yr Erw Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 28 Mar 2003Crownbridge Special SCH Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Apr 2003Thornhill Community Playing Fields Rear Of Leadon CRT Thornhill Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 28 Mar 2003Plot 2 Site At Varteg Rd Blaenavon
Received 4 Apr 200326 Heol Isaf Pontypool NP4 0QD
Received 20 Mar 20033 SCH Tce Pontypool NP4 6PZ
Received 24 Mar 2003Market SQ Market St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 27 Jan 200317 Sycamore PL Cwmbran NP445TA
Received 24 Jan 200316-20 Clarence St Pontypool NP4 6LG
Received 24 Jan 2003National Westminster Osborne Rd Pontypool NP4 6NN
Received 20 Aug 20022 Brook St Cwmbran NP441SG
Received 27 Mar 200323 Greenwood Drive Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EA
Received 27 Mar 20031 Wesley St Cwmbran NP443LX
Received 26 Mar 2003Plot 1 Site At Varteg Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 25 Mar 2003Bryntovey Little Mill JCT Little Mill Torfaen
Received 19 Mar 2003Records 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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