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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Nant Y Milwr CL Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JW
Received 26 Feb 1999Unit 6&7 Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon NP4 9RL
Received 30 Sept 1996Tpo 20 Group 1 3 Lime Trees Grounds Of Panteg Hse Outside R/O 2 Florence Pla
Received 10 Sept 199617 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 19 Nov 1996Hazel Trees/Shrubs Tpo 57 Rear Of 11 Glan Y Nant CL Ty Coch
Received 25 Jul 19961 Green Cottages Garw Rd Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9SB
Received 2 Oct 1995JCT Of Caerleon Rd/Turnpike Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 May 19942 Whitehall Lane Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 26 Apr 1994Stage 5 Pantygasseg Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 Dec 199342 Oakl&S View Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 9 Jun 19934 Ton Mawr Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 29 Sept 199216 Llanyravon Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Jul 1987Unit 93 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 22 Feb 2002Sketchley/Supasnaps 9 Gwent SQ Cwmbran
Received 11 Feb 200223 Cedar Walk Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran
Received 28 Jan 200210 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 16 Jan 200217 Rosemead CRT Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 21 Aug 2001Plot 3 Bluebell CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 18 Jun 1997Old Nat Westminster Bank Victoria St Old Cwmbran
Received 18 Nov 1996Ynys Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 30 Aug 1995High Trees 37 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9LF
Received 21 Apr 1995Sessile Oak (Querus Petaea) Tpo 53 At 1 Woodl& Tce Cwmavon Gwent
Received 16 Feb 19955 Coed-Y-Gric Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent NP4 5HF
Received 1 Feb 1995Genenral Rees SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Apr 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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