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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Factory Premises Adj To 1 Wainfelin Rd Pontypool NP4 6DE
Received 27 Jul 2005Site Of Former Pontypool Hosp Leigh Rd/ Hosp Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 18 Jul 2005L& Adj To 34 The Alders Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Jul 200518 Princes Walk New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PF
Received 22 Jul 20059 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool NP4 8RP
Received 22 Jul 20057 Kemys St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5DJ
Received 22 Jul 200566 Farlays Coed Eva Cwmbran NP446UA
Received 17 Feb 200613 Richmond Rd Pontypool NP4 5ED
Received 18 Aug 2005111 Trostrey Cwmbran NP447JE
Received 23 Aug 2005The Harrow Llanover Rd Blaenavon NP4 9HU
Received 22 Aug 2005Ty Gwyn Henllys Village Rd Henllys Cwmbran Torfean
Received 4 Nov 2004Garn Wen Farm Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AT
Received 3 Nov 2004The Mews Crane Street Pontypool NP4 6JN
Received 3 Nov 200439 C&WR Park Ponthir
Received 1 Nov 200430 Ashgrove Close Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DA
Received 7 Jul 2005215 The Highway Cwmbran NP442NX
Received 6 Jun 200527 Marlborough Rd Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP445EJ
Received 25 Jul 2005L& Adj To 43 Llanyrafon Way Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Jul 200564 Ashleigh Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HF
Received 11 Apr 2006Ford Crossing On The Bran - Upstream 200M From Mineslope Cotts Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran NP44 5AY
Received 10 Apr 20062 Maendy Way Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 5HP
Received 7 Apr 2006Zoar Chapel Castell Y Bwch Henllys Lanes R303 Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 6 Apr 200640 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran NP44 1DN
Received 6 Apr 2006Greenmeadow Community Farm Greenforge Way Cwmbran NP445AJ
Received 31 Mar 2006Records 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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