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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
71 The Highway New Inn Pontypool NP4 Opn
Received 1 Jul 200584 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran NP44 8SU
Received 24 May 20057 Gower Green Cwmbran NP442QL
Received 24 May 200511 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 May 200517 Neville St Pontypool NP4 7NH
Received 20 May 200531 Clairwain New Inn Pontypool NP4 0QA
Received 14 Dec 2005103 Beaumaris Drive Cwmbran NP448HZ
Received 4 Oct 20051 Park St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5HR
Received 4 Oct 2005L& Adj To 3 BRD St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Jul 2005L& Adj To Stanley Rd/Top Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Aug 2005Ground To The Side Of Little Oaks Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 4 Aug 200525 Wye CRT Cwmbran NP445UL
Received 28 Apr 200552 George Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BY
Received 28 Feb 2005Henllys CWRT Farm Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Feb 2005Ashbridge Inn Avondale Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran NP441DE
Received 18 Feb 200521 West Ave Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5AJ
Received 23 Feb 2005101 BRD St Blaenavon NP4 9ND
Received 16 May 20051 Wayfield Crescent Cwmbran NP441NJ
Received 16 May 200533 Waun Rd Cwmbran NP447JN
Received 17 May 200534 STN Farm Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP442JU
Received 31 Aug 2005Mane Attraction 8/10 The Arcade Cwmbran NP441PQ
Received 2 Sept 200545 Cambria St Pontypool NP4 5HW
Received 1 Nov 200428 Mynydd Maen Rd Cwmbran NP441HE
Received 1 Nov 200410 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NA
Received 29 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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