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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
18,821 approved · 2,385 refused · 1,044 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 May 1986 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Nov 2000Lunn Poly Limited 19 George St Pontypool
Received 3 Mar 2000Overhead Line Diversion At Varteg Abersychan Pontypool
Received 21 Dec 1999Woodland Road Service Station The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2HD
Received 27 Aug 198614 Burford St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 9 Feb 2001Lloyds Pharmacy 13 Commericial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 16 Apr 2002Willow Tree Hse Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 1 Aug 200113 Usk Vale CRT Usk Rd Pontypool
Received 27 Jun 2001Twyn-Gwyn Farm Penygarn Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Aug 199424 Llanyrafon Way Llanyrafon Cwmbran
Received 23 Feb 1994Rear Of Dol-Coed Newport Rd Llantarnam Gwent
Received 4 Nov 199313 Uskvale CRT Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jul 199320 Ruth Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Dec 1993Careg Llwyd Top Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Oct 19921 Blaenwern Avondale Ind Est Cwmbran NP44 1TY
Received 20 Oct 199733 Ty Pwca Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 14 Feb 200010 Park Lawn CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Jan 1993Plot 1 Pontygwatheg Meadow Pisgah Rd Greenway Talywain
Received 15 Sept 1992Old Playground Rear Of Ventnor Rd Old Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 Sept 1995Monmouth SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Oct 1994Former Walker Steel Works The Highway Panteg Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Jul 1994Pontypool Masonic Hall Trosnant St Pontypool Gwent
Received 25 Mar 199435 Oakl&S View Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 25 Aug 199379 Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 Apr 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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