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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
18,399 approved · 2,318 refused · 1,017 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1987 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Greenwillows Oakfield Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 May 19944 Railway Tce Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 3 Dec 1993Prospect Cottage LWR Stoney Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 21 Jun 1993Plot 13 Ty Canol 1C Cwmbran Gwent
Received 8 Sept 19872 Warwick CL Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran
Received 2 Jun 1987Rec Ground Adj To Hollybush Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 13 Aug 199732/33 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 5 Aug 1997Site Adj To Fleur-De-Lys Glencrt Sebastopol
Received 14 Feb 1997Glyndwr Hse The Mall Cwmbran Town Centre
Received 1 Nov 199637 Railway Tce Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Mar 2002Springfield Victoria Rd Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 17 Jan 20018 Brynonnen CRT Henllys Torfaen
Received 6 Dec 2000Kinnock Court Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Nov 2000Burtons Gold Medal Biscuits Ltd Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 5 Oct 199895 Cwmynyscoy Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SG
Received 21 Sept 1998TSB Bank Plc 10 Hanbury Rd Pontypool
Received 2 Sept 199841 Brynhyfryd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 12 Dec 1996Uskvale Bowls Club Uskvale Est Mamhilad Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Sept 199527 Two Locks Rd Two Locks Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Jun 199552 Cwmynyscoy Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 23 Mar 1995Area Office Old Caretakers Hse High St Blaenavon
Received 5 Nov 1993Building Plot At Capel Newydd Rd Blaenavon
Received 20 Oct 1993Walker Steel Works The Highway Panteg Pontypool Gwent
Received 20 Jul 199355 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Jun 1993Records 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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