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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 St Marys CL Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 15 Feb 2000L& North Of The Homestead Newport Rd Llantarnam
Received 28 Oct 1999BBC Tower Penyrheol Hill Pontypool
Received 31 Mar 1998Units 3/4/5 CRT Rd Ind Est Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Mar 199819 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1DY
Received 14 Dec 1993All Saints Churchyard Church Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Sept 199312 Moseley Tce Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 23 Apr 1993Ebenezer Evangelical Church Somerset Rd LWR Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 28 Jun 199434 & 36 Greenhill Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Mar 199419A Caradoc Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Feb 199726 Rosser St Wainfelin Pontypool NP4 6EA
Received 1 Jul 1996JCT Of Harpers Rd/Viaduct Rd (Adj Lane) Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Oct 199575 Bowleaze Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 4LF
Received 15 Jul 1997Off Farm Rd British Talywain Pontypool
Received 8 Mar 199627 George St Pontypool Gwent
Received 13 Aug 1996The Keepers Hse Pant Y Rheos Reservoir Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 23 Jun 1995Abbey Farm Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Mar 1995The Bungalow Ty Ceirios Pentrepiod Pontypool Gwent
Received 5 May 1994Cwmbran Stadium Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3XL
Received 7 Dec 19933 Twyn Cottages C&WR Rd Ponthir
Received 26 Jun 2001Oak Tree In The Garden 10 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 4 Jan 200113 Chestnut Green Upper Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 4 Jan 2001C&WR Brook Medical Centre Stokes CRT Ponthir
Received 17 Mar 200014 Ael-Y-Bryn Ty Fry Est Blaenavon
Received 5 Nov 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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