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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
18,332 approved · 2,310 refused · 1,015 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 May 1987 to 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Gwent
Received 13 Jul 1993Delhi' LWR Leigh Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Feb 1993Gwent Hse Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Aug 19923 Bristol View CL Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AW
Received 29 Jan 2002Penygarn Primary Penygarn Road Penygarn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JR
Received 28 Nov 200115 North Walk Cwmbran
Received 11 Oct 200110 Oaks CRT Snatchwood Abersychan Pontypool NP4 7UZ
Received 29 Aug 200157 Laburnum Drive New Inn Pontypool
Received 9 Apr 2001L& West Of Cwmbran Drive South Sebastopol Cwmbran/Pontypool
Received 11 Jun 2001The Firs Grove Park Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1RW
Received 23 Mar 200118 BRD St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 5 Sept 200027 Ashford CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 2 May 200031 Primrose CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 30 Sept 199934 Pontrhydyrun Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 29 Jun 199967 Ton Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 26 Jan 1993Pontyfelin Hse Pontyfelin Lane LWR New Inn Panteg Pontypool
Received 4 Nov 1992Maindee Hse Mount Pleasant Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Jul 199210 Sycamore Court Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6HN
Received 1 Jul 1992Kidwelly Hse (Formerly The Co-Op) Hanbury Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 Apr 2002Big Pit Mining Museum Blaenafon Torfaen
Received 12 Dec 2001L& Adj To Glas Corrie Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 1 Mar 20021 Woodfield Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 25 Jan 2002Car Park For The Iron Works Off Est Rd Blaenavon
Received 14 Jan 200215 Morgan St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 14 Aug 2001Records 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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