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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
18,485 approved · 2,327 refused · 1,022 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 21 Bluebell CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Jun 1987Pentyla & Greenmeadow Cottage Church Rd Talywain Pontypool
Received 22 May 1996T S Kittiwake Torfaen Sea Cadets Mount Pleasant Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 7 Sept 1995124 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 0PH
Received 22 Aug 199563 The Avenue Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AE
Received 28 Feb 199514 Park Gardens Blaenavon Gwent
Received 26 Jul 1994Co Op Market Town Stanley Rd Garndiffaith
Received 21 May 2001The Bungalow Church Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 22 Sept 2000North Side Of Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Feb 19871 Canalside Cottages Belle View Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Aug 198729 Gifford CL Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 Jul 19971 Plas Ty Coch Oakfield Cwmbran
Received 11 Jul 2001Unit 16 Fairwater Shopping Precinct Cwmbran
Received 26 Apr 2002Plot 1 Capel Newydd Rd Blaenavon
Received 9 Nov 20012 Ridgeway Trevethin Pontypool
Received 1 Mar 20017 Richmond Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EG
Received 1 Apr 198744 St Augustine Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 13 Jul 2000Ponden Mill 14A The Mall Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran
Received 11 Oct 199915 Pettingale Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Aug 1995Car Park On Centre Hotel Site Oldbury Rd Old Cwmbran
Received 22 May 1995St Francis R C Primary SCH Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Sept 199423 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 16 Jan 199727 East View Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Mar 1996Unit 7 Court Road Industrial Estate Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AS
Received 21 Oct 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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