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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ker Menez L& At LWR Race Pontypool
Received 26 Mar 2001R J D Jenkins Opticians 13 New St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Sept 200044 High St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 24 Jul 2000Mona CL Cwmbran
Received 22 May 200013 Victoria St Old Cwmbran Cwmbran
Received 1 Feb 2000Hanbury Stores (Harley Hse) Hanbury Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 14 Dec 1999Rose Cottage Cwrdy Lane Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5XZ
Received 24 May 1999Formerly 19 20 21 Club Rd The Tranch Pontypool
Received 3 Jun 1998Glenoak Church Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 Otp
Received 28 Oct 1997End Of SCH Rd Pentwyn Pontypool
Received 9 Jan 1997Abersychan Dental Surgery 10 BRD St Abersychan Torfaen
Received 24 Oct 199612 Larch CL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Oct 1996Fonthill Leigh Rd Trevethin Pontypool
Received 12 Jul 1996Congregational Church Brynteg Abersychan
Received 26 Jun 1996Disused Quarry To The Rear East Of Viaduct Rd
Received 13 May 199620 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 20 Mar 2002Unit 2 Forgeside Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 13 Mar 2002Plot 1 Hynam PL Off Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith
Received 20 Feb 199723 Edward St 23 & 23A Edward St Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 17 Dec 19965 Spring Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent NP44 2ED
Received 10 Apr 199651 Llanover Rd Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9HT
Received 13 Nov 1995L& At Garth Rd Hollybush Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Jan 199513 Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 Jan 1994Church Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 29 Apr 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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