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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Loseley Llantarnam Park Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Feb 200544 George St Pontypool NP4 6BY
Received 16 Feb 2005Crane St Baptist Church Crane St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LY
Received 5 Oct 2004HSBC Bank Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Oct 2004Barclays Bank Plc Commercial St Pontypool NP4 6XX
Received 5 Oct 2004St Peters Church Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Sept 200455 Bythway Rd Pontypool NP4 8DS
Received 22 Sept 2004Albion Rd Service STN Albion Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LN
Received 23 Sept 2004108 Hillside Drive Pontypool NP4 5SB
Received 8 Sept 20047 Pant Yr Heol CL Cwmbran NP446JX
Received 22 Sept 200431 Hendre Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EW
Received 16 Apr 200421 LWR Glantorvaen Tce Forge Side Blaenavon NP4 9BU
Received 22 Apr 200437 Afon CL Pontypool NP4 0QF
Received 16 Apr 2004Kelsha Bungalow Pentrepiod Rd Pentwyn Abersychan Torfaen
Received 11 May 2004Mill Tavern Coedeva Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 25 May 20048 Ruskin CL Cwmbran NP444QX
Received 12 May 2004Sluvad Ground Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 3 Jun 20041 Penygarn Gardens Penygarn Pontypool
Received 11 May 20042 Pine Tree Rd Pontypool NP4 0RS
Received 19 Apr 200413 Cel&Ine CRT Cwmbran NP446JU
Received 20 Apr 2004Ton Felin Coed Eva Mill Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 1 Apr 200419 Chester Close New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LT
Received 26 Apr 2004L& Adj To Glan-Y-Nant 2 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AJ
Received 26 Apr 2004L& Opp 11 West View Tce Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9RR
Received 26 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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