Understanding planning · 13 min read
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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
11 Clifton Tce Phillips St Blaenavon NP4 9QR
Received 23 May 19977 Glengariff CRT Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5LY
Received 21 Oct 1996Dixons Store 26 South Walk Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran
Received 24 Jun 19966 Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 Jul 1995Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 May 1995Ty Newydd Off St Davids CL Penygarn Pontypool
Received 27 May 2002152 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran
Received 3 May 2002Glasfryn 4 The Ave New Inn Pontypool
Received 25 Mar 2002Larchmere Crown Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 5 Oct 2001L& Adj 199 Henllys Way Cwmbran
Received 27 Sept 2001Greggwood Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 24 Jan 200128 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 4 Dec 2000L& At King St Blaenavon
Received 29 Sept 199959/60/61 Teynes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Feb 1999Coed Farm Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 13 Jul 199815 Millers Ride Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Dec 19922 Hafod Rd Ponthir NP6 1GN
Received 22 Sept 1998L& At JCT Of Mill Rd & George St Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 20 Aug 1998Former Boral Edenhall Varteg Rd Blaenavon
Received 3 Feb 199724 Herberts Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 25 Oct 1996Coed Lee CRT Coed Eva Mill Cwmbran
Received 31 Oct 1995Grove Farm Hse Cwmafon Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Aug 19952A The Beeches Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 May 1995Hollybush Way Hollybush Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Dec 1994Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage