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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
18,324 approved · 2,305 refused · 1,015 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Hall Malpas Rd Newport Gwent
Received 1 Mar 19954 Crane St Pontypool Gwent
Received 14 Feb 1995Renishaw Factory Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent NP44 5BE
Received 26 May 19947 Brookl&S Tce Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1EB
Received 12 Jan 199429 Heol Isaf New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Jul 2001Emlyn Park Emlyn Road Talywain Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7RF
Received 2 Feb 2001L& At The Rear Of 19 The Highway New Inn Pontypool
Received 17 Jan 200110 Pettingale Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 7 Jun 20007 Victoria St Old Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Mar 200020 Brdway Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Dec 199916 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 Apr 199919 The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 14 Jan 199931 Forest CL Coed Eva Cwmbran NP44 4TE
Received 3 Jul 199877 Ventnor Rd Old Cwmbran
Received 21 Dec 1998Rose Cottages 2 LWR Woodl& St Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9NP
Received 11 Sept 19981 Hedgley Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 16 Jun 199831/33 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 5 Jun 19981 Blaenwern Avondale Ind Est Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 Oct 1997Tyr Shon Shenkin Pantgasseg Pontypool
Received 7 Aug 1997Varteg Rd Varteg Pontypool NP4 Ypz
Received 30 May 199747A South Rd Oakfield Cwmbran NP44 3EL
Received 23 May 1997Magna Porta St Josephs Convent Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran
Received 6 Jan 1997West Wynds Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool
Received 17 Nov 1993The Woodl&S I Emi Unit 14 Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 29 Oct 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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