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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pontnewydd Inn Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 23 Apr 1993Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Jul 1997Roof Of Gwent Hse Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Feb 1987Present Woolco Store Tudor Rd Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 7 Jul 1986Off Neville St Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Feb 198725 Orchard Farm Est Trevethin Pontypool
Received 29 Sept 19991 E Row Forgeside Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 1 Jul 1999Plot 8 Polo Grounds Ind Est New Inn Pontypool
Received 8 Feb 1999Big Pit Blaenafon Torfaen
Received 17 Mar 1999116 Bryn Eglwys Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LD
Received 8 Apr 1998Preseli 5 Danygraig Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2PR
Received 14 Apr 1997Dunnet Hse Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool
Received 21 Feb 1996Lynwood Viaduct Rd Victoria Village Pontypool
Received 10 Nov 20001 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool
Received 23 Jun 20004 Chapel CL Garndiffiath Pontypool
Received 20 Apr 200062 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Mar 2000The Old Goods Shed STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 4 Nov 1999Kays & Kears Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 12 Oct 1999107 Aran CRT Thornhill Cwmbran
Received 13 Sept 1999Llantarnam South Site Cwmbran Torfaen South Wales
Received 1 Sept 1999Plots 5 & 6 Gilwern Farm Ponthir Phase I
Received 8 Aug 1995L& Adj To Prescoch Lane Pontymoile Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Dec 1994Corner Shop Upper Bridge St Pontypool Gwent
Received 14 Jan 1994Rear Of Marks & Spencer Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran
Received 23 Nov 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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