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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
18,796 approved · 2,378 refused · 1,044 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 May 1986 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Stokes Farm Ponthir Caerleon
Received 22 Nov 199621 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EP
Received 9 Aug 1996Sycamores Wainfelin Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Jul 19874 Soar CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 30 Jan 19871 New Row Henllys Lane Henllys Cwmbran
Received 24 Feb 1987Garndiffaith Viaduct Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Nov 19867 Brookside St Dials Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Jul 1986L& At Earl CL Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 5 Jun 200015 Cardigan CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 15 Sept 1998Seatona Limekiln Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 14 Aug 1998Plot 32 Pine Garden Tranch Pontypool
Received 31 Mar 199886 The Links Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen
Received 28 Jul 1997Emlyn Nursing Home New Rd Garndiffaith Pontypoolgwent
Received 12 Oct 1992Approx 2.4HA Of L& S/O Salisbury T & South & East Of Pembroke Terr At Varteg North Of Garndiffaith
Received 28 Mar 2000Wenallt Bungalow Brook Farm Ponthir
Received 1 Oct 1999Big Pit Mining Museum Nat Mining Museum Of Wales Blaenafon
Received 11 Mar 2002New Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Dec 198666 Hill St Bleanavon Gwent NP4 9EW
Received 17 Apr 1996Woodl&S JNR SCH Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 9 Oct 1995Opp Elf Garage Snatchwood Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Oct 1995Waunavon Farm Llanelly Hill Blaenavon Gwent
Received 17 Oct 199539 St Mary St Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 20 Sept 1994Woodside Rd Forgehammer Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Aug 1994Pilkington Sports & Social Club New Rd New Inn
Received 22 Jul 1993Records 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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