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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
18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 May 1992 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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 2 Pontygwartheg Meadow Pisgah Hill Talywain Pontypool
Received 16 Feb 1996Pine Trees Greenway Drive Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 2 Oct 1996Swalec Transport Workshop Ty Coch Way Cwmbran
Received 23 Jul 1996L& Off Pentwyn Lane Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 9 Jun 199512 St Davids CL Penygarn Pontypool Gwent NP4 8BA
Received 7 Apr 1995L& Nr JCT Of Tranch Rd & Penywain Lane Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 Dec 1994Autopia Service STN Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran
Received 21 Sept 200023A Edward St Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 22 Jun 2000Crown Castle's Exist Site At Ty Shon Shenkin Cefn Crib Pantygasseg Pontypool
Received 18 Jan 200026 Fountain Rd Pontymoile Pontypool
Received 16 Dec 1999Land Adjacent 28 Clapham Tce Forgeside Rugby Club Changing Rooms Blaenavon
Received 24 May 1999L& Adj To Colinton Upper Race Pontypool
Received 28 Aug 199819-21 Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG
Received 26 Mar 1998Pentrhyd Llanover Rd Cwmavon Pontypool NP4 8UW
Received 1 Dec 1997Annexe Building Panteg Hse Greenhill Rd Pontypool
Received 1 Sept 1997Upper Race Playing Field Upper Race Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Jun 2000Holmside Hosp Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 19 Apr 20002 Avondale Rd Pontrhydrun Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1VD
Received 19 Apr 1995Bod-Fach Cwmavon Rd CWMFFRWD Abersychan Gwent NP4 8PT
Received 21 Feb 1995Site Manager's Accommodation Oldbury Rd Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Nov 19944 Soar CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent NP44 2PD
Received 26 Jul 199443 Thornhill CL Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran
Received 8 Feb 2002Plot 34 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool
Received 16 Mar 199813 Sycamore CRT Henllys NP44 6HN
Received 25 Jul 1997Records 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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