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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
18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Coed Y C&O New Inn Pontypool
Received 3 Apr 200138 Poplar Ave New Inn Pontypool
Received 13 Mar 19972 Manorbier Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 20 Mar 19967 Laburnam Drive Henllys Cwmbran
Received 6 Jun 1996Opp 1 Rose Cottages LWR Woodl& St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 11 Sept 1995Rear Of 132 Osborne Rd Pontypool
Received 9 Feb 199569 Oakfield Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3EZ
Received 12 Oct 19944 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 19 Oct 1999Plot 4 Dunnet Hse Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool
Received 15 Mar 1996L& BTWN The A4042 & The Railway Line At Mamhilad Known As Former Uskvale Si
Received 15 Aug 1996The Haven Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX
Received 4 Jun 199636 Monnow CRT Thornhill Cwmbran NP44 5SB
Received 22 May 1996CRT Farm Llanvihangel Pontymoel Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Aug 19941 Blackbirds CL Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Jun 199475 Winstone Rd Trevethin Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 Feb 19948 Gwent St Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Aug 1993Greenmeadow Community Farm Cwmbran Gwent
Received 27 May 1993Unit 15 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 May 1993Units 6-9 Panteg Ind Est Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 13 Jan 1993Richmond Hse Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Nov 1992L& At Rear Of 38/39 John Baker CL Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Jul 1992Ex Miners Welfare BDGS 145/146 High St Abersychan Gwent
Received 1 Sept 1995St Joseph's Club Blenheim Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Aug 1995Edlogan Cottage Avondale Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Feb 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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