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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Pennyfields Cwmbran NP444SA
Received 15 May 200310 Woodl& Rd Cwmbran NP442DY
Received 10 Feb 200474 Brdway Pontypool NP4 6HW
Received 10 Feb 2004Town Bridge Garage Adj To Car Park At Rosemary Lane Pontypool Torfaen
Received 3 Feb 200429 Hazel Walk Cwmbran NP442NW
Received 16 Feb 200420 Nant Y Milwr CL Cwmbran NP446JW
Received 20 May 200313 Oak Tree CL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 May 200328 Maesgwyn Cwmbran NP441BG
Received 20 May 200317 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 May 20031 Pendine Walk Cwmbran NP444QL
Received 21 May 2003Park Hse Cottage The Park Blaenavon NP4 9AQ
Received 2 Sept 200325 Lansdowne Gardens Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Sept 2003Unit 10 Ty Coch Distribution Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 22 Aug 2003Tranch Rd/Club Rd Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Aug 200315 Clairwain Pontypool NP4 0QA
Received 15 Aug 200315 North Walk Cwmbran NP441PR
Received 7 Jul 2003Grove Bungalow Grove Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Jul 20031 Grosmont Rd Pontypool NP4 0LX
Received 12 Jun 200357 Primrose CRT Cwmbran NP446JL
Received 2 Jul 200344 Picton St Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5HB
Received 30 Jul 2003Town Centre Redevelopment Unit 1 Crane St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 19 Mar 2004Post Office New St Cwmbran NP441EE
Received 22 Mar 200434 The Alders Cwmbran NP448JE
Received 19 Mar 200352 Greenhill Rd Pontypool NP4 5BG
Received 22 Mar 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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