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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
18,548 approved · 2,336 refused · 1,032 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Tenby CL Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Apr 1995Oakfield Garage 190 Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran
Received 24 Mar 199589 Glan Rhyd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 28 Apr 1994Plot To The Rear Of 19 The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 11 Jun 199820 Clover CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6LB
Received 3 Apr 1998Clairwain New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jul 1995L& At Gilwern Farm Phase II A Ponthir Gwent
Received 16 May 1995Bower Anchors Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent NP44 8TY
Received 20 Jan 199513/14 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Jun 199410 Tudor Woods Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8SN
Received 7 Feb 20003 BRD St Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Apr 199314 Longhse Grove Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 Apr 19936 Glantorfaen Tce LWR Blaenavon Gwent
Received 7 Dec 1992Festive Productions Ltd Ty Coch Way Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7EZ
Received 9 Nov 199918 Chapel Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DW
Received 31 Mar 1987JCT Of Ponthir Rd/C&WR Lane Ponthir Gwent
Received 18 Mar 1987Village Surgery Victoria St Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JS
Received 24 Aug 199942 Pettingale Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Jun 1999Owens Corning Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 16 Apr 1999Moyse Plumbing Supplies Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AR
Received 30 Mar 1994The Grotto Pontypool Park Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Jan 199413 Prospect PL New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Sept 1993Rear Of Commercial Rd & Pisgah Rd Talywainpontypool
Received 15 Sept 1993Minden Crown Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 Mar 1995Records 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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