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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18,443 approved · 2,323 refused · 1,021 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rowan Lea STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Jun 199970 Club Row Snatchwood Abersychan Pontypool
Received 14 Jan 19998 South Walk Cwmbran
Received 14 Sept 19982 Raglan CRT Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Jul 1992Vale Barn Pentre Lane Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7AZ
Received 7 Feb 19977 Glade CL Coed Eva Cwmbran NP44 4TF
Received 24 Dec 19963 Glade CL Cwmbran NP44 4TF
Received 24 Apr 1996Lloyds Bank Plc Hanbury Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 Apr 199630 Dean CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent NP44 6EN
Received 2 Mar 19959 Gloucester CL Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 9 Nov 199453 Bryn Eglwys Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 27 Jul 1994Forgeside Blaenavon Gwent
Received 21 Jul 19946 Glengariff CRT Greenhill Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 24 Nov 1995Monmouth SQ (Water Gardens) Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran
Received 2 Nov 1995Glyndwr Hse Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 27 Oct 199588 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 0PL
Received 12 Oct 1995L& Off Cefn Milwr Hollybush Cwmbran
Received 20 Aug 19965 The Pastures Llanyrafon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 Jun 1995Tudor House Upper Race Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XE
Received 25 Feb 1997Riflemans Arms Rifle St Blaenafon
Received 29 May 2002Greenmeadow V/LL&Erfeal Farm Penmaes Rd Ty Canol Way Cwmbran
Received 24 Jun 1997201 Ashford CL South Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 12 Mar 1997L& Adj To Rising Sun Cwmavon Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Mar 19969 Monmouth Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PE
Received 5 Nov 1996Records 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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