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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Festival Crescent New Inn Pontypool
Received 15 Nov 19937 Llwyn Onn Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2AL
Received 3 Nov 199319 Yew Tree Terrace Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LR
Received 10 Feb 1993Cwmbran Fire STN Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Jul 19923 Horseshoe Row Blaenavon
Received 14 Jan 2002John Fielding Hse Montressor 2 Part Of Llantarnam Comp SCH
Received 3 Dec 2001Fulleon Limited Llantarnam Park Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AW
Received 20 Jun 2001JCT Of Harpers Rd With Viaduct Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Dec 1994Zoar Hse Castell-Y-BWCH Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Sept 1994Hillstone Place Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Jul 1994Oakview Pine Gardens Tranch
Received 7 Feb 1994The Nook BRD St Abersychan Pontypool
Received 2 Jul 1999Printpac Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 21 Jun 1999Myrtle Hse Plasycoed Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QH
Received 8 Feb 1999Gwent House 35 Gwent Square Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Jul 1998131 Golf Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 Oly
Received 6 Oct 199813 Victoria St Old Cwmbran
Received 28 Aug 1998Adj To White Hart PH & No. 3 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool
Received 13 Aug 199815 H& Farm Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RD
Received 24 Mar 19985 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 17 Feb 1997L& Adj To Valentine Rd Abersychan
Received 29 Sept 199988 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 Jun 1999L& Adj Gorsedd Penywain Lane Tranch Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Mar 1994Llanfrechfa Grange Hosp Cwmbran
Received 17 Sept 1993Records 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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