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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
18,628 approved · 2,354 refused · 1,034 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Brickwork Site Pentwyn North Pontypool
Received 27 May 1992123 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool
Received 8 Oct 200169 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 19 Jun 200125 Cardigan Crescent Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 4 Jan 2001Pimlico Petrol STN Old Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 18 Sept 2000Llantarnam Hall Malpas Rd Newport NP9 6QB
Received 31 Oct 1997Bryn Ysgawen The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent NP44 2NX
Received 9 Aug 199433 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 Jul 1994L& East Of New Crown Rd R/About & To North Of Exist Railway At Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Feb 1994Sluvad Farm Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 11 Feb 19944 Highl& Grove Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Mar 199342651 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran
Received 11 Mar 1997Darren Hse Upper Race Pontypool
Received 27 Jan 1997Henllys 4 Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Mar 19945 The Parade Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 3 Feb 1994Castell-Y-BWCH Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 May 1993Old STN Yard Polo Grounds Pontypool
Received 19 Jan 1993LL&Egfedd Water Treatment Works Sluvad Rd LL&Egfedd Nr Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Feb 1987Former Siebe Gorman Unit Avondale Way Avondale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 30 Apr 2002Chepstow CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 13 Nov 2001Plasnewydd Victoria Rd Abersychan
Received 17 Jul 20019 Upper Park Tce Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Mar 2001Adj To No. 1 Also No. 1 West End Ave Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 5 Jun 200072 Tranch Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 31 May 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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