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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
132 Osborne Rd Pontypool NP4 6LT
Received 2 Mar 2004Plot M Pine Gardens Phase 2 Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Mar 2004Nant Ddu Farm Pentrepiod Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6TR
Received 26 Feb 200432-35 BRD St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 1 Mar 200473 Stafford Rd Pontypool NP4 5LG
Received 2 Jun 2004CRT Rd Next To Ind Est CRT Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 9 Jun 2004Rd JCT Of Stokes CRT & Caerleon Rd Ponthir NP18 1RY
Received 6 Apr 2004Grass Verge At The Junc Of Barnfield & Ponthir Newport NP18 Ijn
Received 6 Apr 200414 Glascoed Rd Pontypool NP4 0ND
Received 6 Apr 2004Holmside Hosp Rd Pontypool NP4 8LF
Received 23 Mar 20043 South CL Cwmbran NP448UL
Received 29 Mar 200416 Wayfield Crescent Cwmbran NP441NJ
Received 9 Feb 20043 Alder CL Pontypool NP4 0DF
Received 4 Jun 2004Pontypool Community Council 35A Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6JQ
Received 3 Jun 20045 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NA
Received 3 Jun 200440 Prince St Pontypool NP4 6HT
Received 2 Jun 200430 Blaendare Rd Pontypool NP4 5RZ
Received 2 Jun 2004St. Johns Church Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen
Received 26 Nov 200361 Victoria St Cwmbran NP443JW
Received 23 Sept 2003Tranquil PL LL&Owlais St Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 24 Sept 20033 BRD St Pontypool NP4 7BQ
Received 5 Sept 200368 & 69 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 5 Sept 2003Wood Hse Church Wood Pontypool Torfaen
Received 4 Sept 200315 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 3 Feb 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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