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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18,567 approved · 2,342 refused · 1,034 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Stop & Shop Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Sept 19947 Penarth CRT Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent NP44 8JG
Received 25 May 19937 Avon Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 16 Mar 1993Walker Steel Works The Highway Panteg Pontypool
Received 26 Jan 1993Unit 2B Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent
Received 19 Nov 19925 The Arcade Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 Mar 2001Plot 17 The Pines Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 May 2000Trees In Rear GDN Of 12A Meyricks Coed Eva
Received 26 Nov 19992 Hafod Mews Caerleon Rd Ponthir NP6 1PY
Received 29 Jun 199844 Victoria St Cwmbran Gwent
Received 29 Feb 1996Plot 6 Chad Valley Polo Ground Ind Est Pontypool
Received 4 Dec 1996Croesyceiliog Comp SCH Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 23 Sept 19969 Rolls CL Cwmbran
Received 13 Oct 1993Hawthorn Cottage Chapel Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool NP4 6QS
Received 5 Mar 199756 Ashleigh CRT Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Apr 1995Blaen Bran Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 Mar 1995The Bus STN Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Dec 199312 Whitehall Lane Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Sept 1992Hill Rise Bungalow Upper Race Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 Jun 1999L& Adj To Yew Tree Cottage Gypsy Lane Pentrepiod Pontypool
Received 27 Jan 1999L& At Panteg New Inn Pontypool
Received 13 Jul 199814 Hanbury Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 9 Oct 1992Black Barn Mine Cefn-Y-Crib Farm Pantygasseg Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Sept 19923 Coed Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 11 Sept 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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