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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
3 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool
Received 14 Nov 2001Ty Pen Y Cae Coed Rd Blaenavon
Received 19 Feb 2001Griffithstown Museum STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 11 Aug 2000Gillingham Hse Freeholdl& Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 24 Jun 1996B Doble & Son LL&Owlais St Sawmills Oakfield Cwmbran Gwent NP44 7HP
Received 11 Dec 1995Blaen Bran Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Jul 1995New Inn Medical Centre The Walk New Inn Pontypool
Received 9 Jan 1996Llanfihangel Pontymoile Pontypool Gwent
Received 13 Nov 199539 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EP
Received 2 Oct 1995L& Within Curtilage Of The Paddocks Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Jan 199537 Woodfield Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 27 Sept 1994Llantarnam Hall Malpas Rd Newport Gwent
Received 23 Aug 199427 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 21 Feb 19942 Stokes CRT Ponthir Caerleon
Received 2 Feb 200019-21 Clarence Street Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LG
Received 9 Jun 1999L& Off Ty Coch Lane Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 4 Nov 199864 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP44 3BZ
Received 2 Jul 1998L& Adj Rose Cottage FFRWD Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 16 Mar 1987North West Of Old British Site Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Dec 1986The Rectory St Mary's Church Church Lane Panteg Pontypool
Received 9 Apr 1986Site Of 24 Pentrepiod Rd & Garden L& Adj 1 Prospect Pentrepiod Pontypool
Received 16 Jan 1995Shakespeare Rd Outside No. 129 On Grass Verge St Dials Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Dec 1994I E P Doncaster Limited Forge Side Blaenavon Gwent
Received 2 Sept 199428 Orchard Lane Northville Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1QD
Received 24 Jun 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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