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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18,154 approved · 2,289 refused · 1,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ryecroft Caroline Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 4 Apr 2001L& At LWR Race Pontypool
Received 19 Sept 2001101 Beaumaris Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent NP44 8HZ
Received 11 Jul 199527 North Walk Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Jan 1995Parkers Row Junc With Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Dec 1994Owens Corning Chapel Lane Cwmbran Gwent
Received 31 Aug 199427 Oakl&S Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Nov 199433 Brookside St Dials Cwmbran
Received 5 Jan 1998Pontyfelin Ind Est Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0DQ
Received 22 Dec 1997The Birches Sports Pavilion Maendy Way West Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 17 Dec 199842 Woolpitch Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4LH
Received 9 Sept 199814 Hilltop Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Nov 1992Canal CL Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 29 Nov 1995Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 31 Oct 19951 Oak Tree CL New Inn Pontypool NP4 0DG
Received 14 Jun 1996St Josephs Convent Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 Jun 1995Cartref FFRWD Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 8 Jun 199550 Clairwain New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 15 Mar 199541 Willins Coed Eva Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4TJ
Received 15 Dec 199320 Paddock CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 29 Jun 1993Zion Hill Community Centre Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 23 Apr 1993Hill-Dean 4 7DR
Received 19 Oct 19922 Llyswen Walk Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent NP44 8JH
Received 14 Mar 1995The Bungalow Penyparc Farm Malthse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 May 1994Records 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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