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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
18,987 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Site Of Old Club Hse Memorial Ground Conway Rd Pontypool
Received 30 Nov 1999Land At Lower Mill Fields Lower Mill Field Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0XJ
Received 9 Aug 1999The Glebe Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Mar 1993L& Adj. 11 & 13 Clark Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Mar 1993Kays & Kears Ind Est Blaenavon Gwent
Received 26 Jun 1987Parish Hses Penyrheol Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Apr 1987Parkway Hotel Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran
Received 8 Oct 2001Ty Coch Farm Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Apr 1999The Horse And Jockey PH Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 Jun 1998The Bakery Site Adj To 34 Commercial Rd Talywain Pontypool
Received 25 Nov 199722 Heol Deiniol New Inn Pontypool
Received 1 Jul 199631 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EP
Received 18 Mar 199821 Juniper Crescent Henllys Cwmbran NP44 6EH
Received 4 Feb 1997Heddlu Gwent Police Police HQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 8 May 2002The Manor Plots 37/40 Newport Rd Llantarnam
Received 2 Apr 200219 BRD St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 15 Nov 200131 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 15 Nov 200187 King St Blaenavon
Received 22 May 20018 Bedford CL Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 May 1993Davaar Park Gardens Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Mar 1997Asda Monmouth SQ Tudor Rd Cwmbran
Received 19 Nov 1996Oak In Rear Of Glenacre Bungalow Victoria Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 17 May 19967 Tegfan CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent NP44 6ES
Received 30 Aug 1995Gaer Llwyd Lamb Lane Ponthir Gwent
Received 13 May 1986Records 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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