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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
L& To Rear Of 32/39 BRD St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 8 Apr 2004BRD St Car Park BRD St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 8 Apr 200426 Ty Coch Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AD
Received 19 Dec 2003Glenthorne Hosp Rd Pontypool NP4 8LF
Received 17 Dec 20035 Hillcrest Rd Pontypool NP4 0RB
Received 17 Dec 200360 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 6 Feb 2004The Mill Hse Llanyrafon Way Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8HP
Received 10 Feb 2004Cefn Llwyd Farm Pen Y Rheol Pontypool
Received 10 Feb 200414 Llantarnam CL Cwmbran NP443JX
Received 9 Feb 2004Millennium Hall Top Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Feb 20042 Penylan CL Pontypool NP4 0NW
Received 3 Oct 2003Sunnyways Caerleon Rd Cwmbran NP448TY
Received 3 Oct 20034 Stokes Court Ponthir Cwmbran Newport Torfaen NP18 1RY
Received 3 Oct 200339 Bythway Road Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8DS
Received 2 Oct 2003Initial Textile Services Unit 334 Woodside Way Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran NP445BR
Received 2 Oct 200350 Caernarvon Crescent Cwmbran NP448ST
Received 1 Oct 200310 CRT Farm Rd Cwmbran NP443BY
Received 1 Oct 2003Bristol Hse Hanbury Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 26 Feb 200428 Larch CL Pontypool NP4 0RT
Received 26 Feb 2004L& Adj To 10 Greenforge Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 26 Jan 20046 Brynonnen CRT Cwmbran NP446EQ
Received 24 Feb 2004Parc Seymour Spring Tce Pontypool NP4 5AQ
Received 20 Feb 200450 Clark Ave Cwmbran NP441RZ
Received 20 Feb 2004Fairwater High SCH Ty Gwyn Way Fairwater Torfaen
Received 7 Jun 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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