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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
18,314 approved · 2,304 refused · 1,015 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 May 1987 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Llantarnam Park Croes-Y-Mwyalch Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 Oct 1995Llwyn Celyn Penywaun Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4LT
Received 28 Mar 199665 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran
Received 8 Jan 200175 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 27 May 200242652 Stanley Rd Garndffaith Torfaen
Received 2 Dec 199732/33 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 3 Sept 1997Pontnewydd Branch 28-32 Commercial Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AE
Received 15 Aug 199712 Church Ave Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8DH
Received 20 Feb 1997Plot 2 Adj To 1 Prospect PL Pentrepiod Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 6 Nov 1995Cwmbran Police Training Centre Greenmeadow Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Oct 19952 Brookside Llanover Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 23 May 1995Outbdgs Adj To Post Office Prince St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 31 Jul 19873 Hill Cottage Penyrheol Pontypool Gwent
Received 29 Jun 1987Allans Bank Leigh Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 21 Aug 1987Former Tip Adj Plasycoed Rd Gypsy Lane Plasycoed Pontypool Gwent.
Received 29 Mar 1994Beechcroft Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool
Received 15 Sept 1993Cwmbran Service STN Avondale Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Aug 1993Heritage Steak Hse 12 STN St Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 20 Apr 199327/29 The Garw Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Apr 19935 Old Row Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Aug 199830 Rumney Walk Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Mar 1998Lucas Varity New Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 Jul 1998L& Adj To Hollybush Way Cwmbran
Received 9 Jul 1998The Old Chapel Kears Row Varteg
Received 20 Jan 1998Records 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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