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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
18,443 approved · 2,323 refused · 1,021 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
18 Museum CRT Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 25 Mar 2002Exide Batteries Ltd Pontyfelin Ind Est New Rd Pontypool
Received 5 Oct 199955 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Sept 1999Pendle Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8DQ
Received 17 Dec 199723 Meyricks Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6TU
Received 21 Apr 19973&4 Commercial St Blaenavon
Received 28 Aug 19965B Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 27 Mar 2002Chepstow CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 20 Jul 20012 St Donats CL Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SB
Received 8 Jan 1999L& At Rear Of Silverdale 43 Brdway Pontypool Torfaen
Received 18 Dec 1998Plot 1 Site Adj To Steepfield Off Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool
Received 10 Sept 1998Cefn Llwyd Farm Pen Y Rheol Pontypool
Received 2 May 2002L& To The Rear Of 121 Coed Camlas New Inn (L& BTWN Hses & C Pontypool
Received 26 Oct 2001British Steel Corporation Panteg Works Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Mar 198760 Maple Rd South Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 17 May 2001A4042 New Inn R/About Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 4RL
Received 9 Mar 200119 Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 27 Feb 2001Avesta Sheffield Ltd Panteg Works Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 23 Jan 19964 Glengariff CRT Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 11 Jan 1996Brdway Stores Brynwern Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Dec 199573 Upper Trosnant St Pontypool Gwent
Received 18 Oct 199570/70A The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Sept 1994Church Farm Barn Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 8 Sept 1994A E Autocare Service Centre Off Fountain Rd Pontmoile Pontypool Gwent
Received 11 Aug 1994Records 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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