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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
18,567 approved · 2,342 refused · 1,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 1986 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grosmont Avon Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 10 Jan 200229 BRD St Blaenavon
Received 7 Jun 2001Trico Skewfields Pontypool Torfaen
Received 13 Jun 2000Adj To Unit 106 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 14 Mar 20003 Glascoed Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 22 Nov 1996Forge Row Cwmavon Gwent
Received 7 Jul 1987Trosnant St Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Jun 19874 The SQ Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Apr 198718 Windsor Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 Dec 19949 Upper Bridge St Pontypool Gwent
Received 17 May 1994Electrospark - Ironspray Ty Coch Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 May 19941 & 2 Long Row Upper Race Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Apr 19941 Clover CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 31 May 2000Ty-Trappa Farm Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Feb 2000Cti's Exist Pontypool Transmitting STN Penyrheol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 28 Sept 1998111/112 Osborne Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Aug 1998B4248 Via The Gate & Rd To South Of STN Hse Waunavon
Received 1 Mar 2001Poppies Maesderwen Hse Maesderwen Rd Pontymoile
Received 6 Nov 20002 Meadowbrook Ave Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Apr 1996Aldi Store Woodside Rd Forgehammer Cwmbran
Received 8 Nov 1995Somerton Hse 379 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3BN
Received 16 Oct 1995High St Surgery Pontypool Gwent
Received 18 Mar 19931 Ynys Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2LH
Received 26 Jan 1993Snatchwood Park Pontypool Gwent
Received 14 Jul 1992Records 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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