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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
18,617 approved · 2,351 refused · 1,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
L& Off Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 May 1992Unit 3 Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenafon
Received 26 Apr 2002Belli Llwyd Llanover Rd Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen
Received 17 Aug 20012 Hafod Mews Caerleon Rd Ponthir
Received 7 Jun 2001Sycamore R/O 92 Ashleigh CRT Henllys
Received 26 Mar 2001Coed Rd Sheltered Housing Coed Rd Blaenavon
Received 29 Aug 200018 Meadow CL Lansdowne Sebastopol
Received 11 Jul 200064 Osborne Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 May 200011 Dorallt CL Henllys Cwmbran
Received 1 Feb 2000L& At 25 Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Aug 199917 Beechleigh CL Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Oct 1998County Ind Supplies Ltd County Hse Chapel St Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 10 Jun 1998Heddlu Gwent Police Police HQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 17 Jul 2000Former Kwik Save Store Oldbury Rd Cwmbran
Received 27 Aug 1997Chapel St Surgery Harold St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Feb 199748 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran NP44 7NY
Received 18 Dec 199665 Bowleaze Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Apr 199643 Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran Gwent NP44 5TF
Received 13 Nov 199544 STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 10 Jan 1995Electrospark - Ironspray Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 27 Sept 199421 Clark Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1RZ
Received 23 Aug 1994Ingleside Eridge Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7LU
Received 30 Jun 1994High Spring Farm Belle Vue Lane Upper Cwmbran
Received 15 Feb 1994Cwmbran Day Care Centre Five Locks Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Mar 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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