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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Heol Madoc Pontypool NP4 0QQ
Received 22 Jun 200433 Shakespeare Rd Cwmbran NP444LN
Received 22 Jun 200414 Ventnor Rd Cwmbran NP443JY
Received 22 Jun 200472 Green Willows Cwmbran NP443DZ
Received 26 May 200447 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen. NP442NA
Received 28 Jun 2004225 Charston Cwmbran NP444LE
Received 28 Jun 2004167 Brynhyfryd Cwmbran NP442NT
Received 28 Jun 200449 Penylan Rd Pontypool NP4 7SD
Received 28 Jun 200447 Chapel Lane Cwmbran NP442PW
Received 28 Jun 2004Craig-Yr-Eos Usk Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AB
Received 29 Jun 20049 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Town Centre Torfaen
Received 25 Jun 2004L& To The Rear Of 11 Tintern CL Southville Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 25 Jun 200421 King St Pontypool NP4 6HR
Received 25 Jun 2004L& Adj To Yew Tree Cottage Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 28 Jun 200410 Park View Cwmbran NP441RB
Received 25 Jun 2004Kynmel Newport Rd Cwmbran NP443AF
Received 28 Jun 20042 Shop Rd Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen
Received 24 Jun 2004Unit 6A Avondale Ind Est Avondale Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Oct 2004St Lukes Church Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 Oct 20041 Oaks Cottage Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5X2
Received 28 Oct 2004The Gables 18 Woodl& Rd Cwmbran NP442OZ
Received 27 Oct 200416 Rosemead Cwmbran NP445BN
Received 27 Oct 200458 Cefn Milwr Cwmbran NP447PL
Received 28 Oct 200439 Palm CL Pontypool NP4 0DE
Received 27 Oct 2004Records 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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