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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
18,615 approved · 2,350 refused · 1,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Pant Yr Heol CL Henllys Cwmbran
Received 22 Mar 200237 Usk Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 May 200119 Haden St Twmpath Pontypool Torfaen
Received 27 Sept 2000Rear Of Travis Perkins Station Road Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 Aug 2000Nant Y Bryn Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Apr 2000Pugh's Garden Centre Treherbert Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 14 Jan 2000Land At Rear Of 6 Stanley Place Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DT
Received 23 Nov 199918 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LF
Received 11 Aug 1999Big Pit Mining Museum The Nat Mining Museum Of Wales Blaenafon
Received 8 Oct 2001Heddfan Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DR
Received 19 Jun 2001Thistle CRT Nursing Home Thistle CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 6 Jul 2001The Bungalow Ty Ceirios Pentrepiod Pontypool
Received 12 Feb 200122 Greenhill Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 11 May 2000Nimbus Manufacturing Llantarnam Park Cwmbran NP44 3AB
Received 24 Jan 2000Site Of Car Park No. 1 Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran
Received 2 Oct 1998Mai Belle 19 Pensarn Way Henllys Cwmbran NP44 6EU
Received 1 Sept 1997Units 12 Somerset Road Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1QX
Received 6 Feb 199713 Melbourne CRT St Dials Cwmbran
Received 30 Dec 1996Mill Taverns Coedeva Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Oct 1995Pant Yr Yrfa Henllys Cwmbran
Received 23 May 199519 Wellington Rd Talywain Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Nov 1992Blaenavon No.2 Service Reservoir Brights Lane Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 18 Nov 199245 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jul 19921 + 2 Incline Cottages Shop Rd Cwmavon
Received 7 Jul 1992Records 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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