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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
102 Trostrey Cwmbran NP447JE
Received 20 Jan 2005Glenview Cwmoody Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0JA
Received 24 Jan 200516 Clairwain Pontypool NP4 0QA
Received 24 Jan 2005Ground To The Side Of Little Oaks Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 24 Jan 2005Biffa Waste Services Ltd Polo Grounds Pontypool NP4 0TW
Received 21 Jan 20056 Hanley Path St Dials Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4PD
Received 21 Jan 200527 Park St Pontypool NP4 5HR
Received 20 Jan 2005Hillcroft 2 Picton St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5HA
Received 21 Jul 200424 Brynglas Cwmbran NP447LG
Received 8 Apr 200540 Fountain Rd Pontypool NP4 8HU
Received 8 Apr 2005Ty Dda Farm Penylan Fields Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 May 20056 Thornhill CL Cwmbran NP445TG
Received 16 May 2005Opp Post Office On Edge Of Grassed Area Of Blaendare Rd Pontypool
Received 6 Sept 2004Adj To Bus Shelter Outside Panteg Cemetry On The Highway New Inn Pontypool
Received 6 Sept 200437 Blaendare Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 10 Sept 200441579 George St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Sept 20046 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 29 Apr 2004Brookfield JNR & Infant SCH Victoria St Cwmbran NP443JR
Received 20 Apr 2004Plots 1 & 2 Oaks CRT Snatchwood Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Apr 200468 Caerwent Rd Cwmbran NP442QH
Received 27 Apr 2004L& Adj To Former Finers Arms Old Furnace Crumlin Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Apr 2004The Stores Commercial St Old Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 26 Apr 200413 Open Hearth CL Pontypool NP4 5JR
Received 26 Apr 2004Park Cottages 1/3 Park Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Apr 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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