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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18,617 approved · 2,351 refused · 1,034 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 St Dials Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 Nov 1992Kinnock Court Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 5 Oct 2000&Ora Sunlea Crescent Usk Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 Aug 20005 George St Pontypool Gwent
Received 14 Aug 19925 Rolls CL Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 19 Apr 1999Ty Newydd Farm Henllys Gwent
Received 12 Jul 1993Culmhead St Lukes Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 8 Mar 19934 Whitegate Cottage Pentrepiod Rd Pontypool
Received 16 Feb 1993Factory Site Foundry Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Feb 1993Back Garden Of 1 Tudor Woods Llanyrafon Cwmbran
Received 11 Dec 2000122 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 27 Nov 2000Britax Rumbold Llantarnam South Site Cwmbran
Received 31 Jul 20007 Wentsl& Rd Tranch Pontypool
Received 5 Jul 20004 Usk Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Apr 1999JNC Selby CL Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran NP44 8TY
Received 27 Aug 1997108 Victoria St Old Cwmbran
Received 4 Aug 199722 South Walk Cwmbran
Received 16 Oct 2000Asda Monmouth SQ Tudor Rd Cwmbran
Received 18 Apr 200025-27 Victoria Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JN
Received 25 Jan 200051 Wesley St Old Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 25 Sept 1998Lloyds Bank Plc 125 The Highway Panteg Pontypool
Received 7 Sept 1998Plots 75-92 & 98-100 Area 5 Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Oct 1994Mamhilad Park Est Mamhilad Pontypool
Received 8 Aug 2000Former Snatchwood Hosp (South) Site Snatchwood Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 22 Feb 2002Records 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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