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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trevethin Comp SCH Penygarn Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 17 Feb 1995L& Belonging To Llantarnam Abbey To The East Of The New A4042 Llantarnam By Pass Chainage 2100-2280 LHS
Received 28 Mar 1995127 Brynhyfryd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent NP44 2NS
Received 28 Nov 19949 Yew Tree Tce Hilltop Old Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3NU
Received 26 Apr 19943 Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 26 Jul 2000Former Snatchwood Works North Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 Feb 2000Woodside Bungalow Turnpike Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 23 Feb 1996Lyn Brae 17 Harpers Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent NP4 8QQ
Received 7 Feb 199524 Pisgah Rd Talywain Pontypool Gwent
Received 17 Oct 199418 Ton Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 7LF
Received 26 Jul 1994Plot 1 Rear Of Channel View Hse Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Mar 1994Exel Logistics Lower Mill Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RH
Received 6 Sept 199934 Pontrydyrun Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Mar 1999L& Adj To 41 Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 1 Mar 1999Avesta Sheffield Ltd Panteg Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 9 Apr 199743 Brynwern Pontypool Gwent
Received 11 Jun 1992Parc Y Bont Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AF
Received 24 Oct 199421 Caradoc Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Oct 1994Cwmffrwdoer Farm Plasycoed Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Aug 1994269 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Mar 1994LWR Part Of Bryn Carreg Harpers Rd Pontypool
Received 15 Nov 1993Idle Acres Llanfrechfa Gwent
Received 13 Jun 1995117 Trostrey Hollybush Cwmbran
Received 20 May 1996Chepstow CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 30 Aug 1995Records 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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