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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
18,533 approved · 2,335 refused · 1,030 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
42370 Rockfield House Riverside Pontypool
Received 3 Sept 200125 Ty Gwyn Rd Varteg Pontypool Torfaen
Received 24 Apr 2001The Haven Pentre Lane Llantarnam Newport Gwent
Received 31 May 1995Unit 2 Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3AB
Received 6 Dec 199431A Commercial St Pontypool
Received 20 Feb 200221 St Marys CL Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 13 Feb 200234 Lodgewood New Inn Pontypool
Received 27 Feb 200194 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 15 Dec 200047 Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 19 Oct 20001 Caerwent Rd St Cadocs Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8JL
Received 21 Aug 200020 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 8 Jun 2000Land At Henllys Rd & Dorrallt Way Henllys Cwmbran
Received 10 Mar 2000New Inn SCH For Special Needs The Highway New Inn Pontypool
Received 28 Jan 200043 Chester Close New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0LT
Received 16 Oct 1998Meadowcrest New Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 28 Sept 199854 Fairhill Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4QS
Received 28 Aug 199828/32 The Mall Cwmbran Town Centre
Received 6 Aug 1998Bethany Chapel St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 10 Mar 1998Keepers The Rug Makers Unit 15 Oldbury Business Centre Oldbury Rd Cwmbran
Received 14 Aug 1997Barclays Bank Commercial St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6XX
Received 17 Aug 200031 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool
Received 18 Jul 20001 Penylan CL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0NW
Received 22 Feb 2002St Peters SCH Church Rd Blaenavon
Received 19 Nov 2001L& Adj To Gwent Crematorium Tre-Herbert Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 10 Aug 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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