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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Torfaen NP441PE
Received 25 May 2005Claverton Hse Caerleon Rd Ponthir Newport NP18 1PN
Received 21 Apr 200567 Club Row Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Apr 20053 Ton Rd Cwmbran NP447LF
Received 19 Apr 2005158 Chester CL Pontypool NP4 0LW
Received 20 Apr 200527 Golf Rd Pontypool NP4 0PP
Received 18 Aug 200540 Bagley CRT Cwmbran NP445TX
Received 18 Aug 200585 Bryn Eglwys Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LF
Received 4 Oct 2005Unit 12 Ty Coch Ind Distribution Centre Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 24 Apr 200622 Elgam Ave Blaenavon
Received 20 Apr 2006Bryn Cottage Stoney Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 30 Mar 20067 Rosemead Cwmbran NP445BN
Received 22 Apr 200513 Richmond Rd Cwmbran NP441EG
Received 14 Apr 2005Avalon CRT Penywain Lane Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 10 Sept 2004Snatchwood CRT (Northern Site) Snatchwood Rd Abershychan Pontypool
Received 6 Sept 2004Torfaen Business Centre Panteg Way New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LS
Received 17 Sept 20041 Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon NP4 9LN
Received 6 Sept 200455 Lansdowne Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3GB
Received 6 Sept 2004Adj To Bus Shelter Opp Forgehammer P H High St Brynwern Pontypool
Received 6 Sept 2004Cwmavon Village Community Centre Cwmavon Road Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8PU
Received 9 Sept 20044 Olway CL Cwmbran NP448JJ
Received 10 Mar 200525 Maple Rd Pontypool NP4 5AT
Received 9 Mar 20055 The Parade Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 1 Mar 200511 Lewis St Pontypool NP4 7AR
Received 4 Mar 2005Records 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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