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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbey Nat Plc 11 North Walk Cwmbran NP441XF
Received 26 Apr 2004L& Off Caldicot Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 20045 Warwick Close New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NZ
Received 26 Apr 200451 Primrose CRT Cwmbran NP446JL
Received 21 Apr 20049 Ty Pwca Rd Cwmbran NP441SY
Received 16 Apr 200411 High St Blaenavon NP4 9PT
Received 24 Jun 2004Rear Of 7 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Jun 20049 Plas-Ty-Coch Cwmbran NP443EB
Received 23 Jun 200427 C&WR Park Ponthir Torfaen NP18 1HL
Received 22 Jun 200473 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6QY
Received 12 Apr 2005The Nook Pisgah Rd Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Apr 200546 Snatchwood Rd Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7BY
Received 31 Mar 2005Former Hepworth Ceramics Site Inc Former Flock Works Afon Tce Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 200550 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran NP443BE
Received 29 Mar 200532 Commercial St Pontypool NP4 5JE
Received 2 Dec 2004Cwmbran RC Primary SCH Victoria St Cwmbran NP443JR
Received 1 Dec 200410 Cwrdy CL Pontypool NP4 5AY
Received 1 Dec 200426 South Walk Cwmbran NP441PU
Received 2 Aug 2004Garage Site No. 6 Site B Oakdale Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 Jul 2004Newl&S Caerleon Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Jul 20048 Ashleigh CRT Cwmbran NP446HF
Received 4 Aug 200422 Park St Pontypool NP4 5HR
Received 2 Aug 200413 Ruth Rd Pontypool NP4 0QJ
Received 26 May 200419 Maendy PL Cwmbran NP441HD
Received 26 May 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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