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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
18,496 approved · 2,328 refused · 1,024 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Jan 1987 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At Kemys Street Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Mar 1995Pen Y Bryn Maindee Terrace Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AX
Received 24 Aug 2000J Sainsbury Plc Llywelyn Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Jun 199444 South St Sebastopol Pontypool Gwent
Received 25 Jan 1994L& Off Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Mar 1993Street Record Caldicot Way Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Mar 2002254 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Mar 1998Dousl& Tram Lane Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 9 Mar 19985 Kears Row Varteg NP4 8UH
Received 6 Feb 1997CRT Rd Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 22 Jan 1996L& Adj To Ponderosa New Inn Pontypool
Received 16 Apr 200237 Railway Tce Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 14 Dec 200142709 Twmynydd Blaenavon
Received 26 Sept 2001Bodycare 4-6 South Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran
Received 13 Jun 2001L& Alongside Llewelyn Rd Cwmbran
Received 21 Aug 20004 Tegfan CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 4 May 20001 Pant Yr Heol CL Henllys Cwmbran
Received 10 Feb 2000Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran Henllys Way Cwmbran
Received 1 Jun 2001Ty-R-Y-Mynydd Shop Rd Cwmavon Pontypool
Received 24 Nov 1999Woodl&S Inf SCH Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran
Received 27 May 2002Plot Adj To Rising Sun PH Cwmavon Rd Pontypool
Received 12 Mar 20029 Maesgwyn Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 17 Sept 2001Silver Birches Church Wood CL Pontypool Torfaen
Received 11 Jun 2001L& Opp 2 Clarence PL Pontypool
Received 4 Apr 2001Records 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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