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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18,987 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Nurseries Treherbert Rd Croesyceiliog Gwent
Received 23 Apr 1993The Lodge The Park Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9AQ
Received 2 Dec 1992JCT Of Ponthir Rd/C&WR Lane Ponthir
Received 18 Mar 198775 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Dec 198547 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 21 Feb 200148 Fountain Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 23 Oct 2000The Methodist Church Comercial St Griffithstown
Received 6 Oct 200025 Clapham Tce Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 15 Aug 2000The Gate Inn Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 21 Jun 20001 2 & 3 Mitchel CL Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 24 May 2000Plot Of Ground Adj Fy Ffordd The Park Blaenavon
Received 27 Jun 2001The Hog & Hospur Albion Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 1 Feb 20011 Ty Pwca PL Upper Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 2 Jan 2001Spar Store 68 The Highway New Inn Pontypool
Received 7 Jul 2000Former Residential Flats Summerhill & Finchway CRTS Penylan Rd Garndiffaith
Received 24 Feb 2000Disused Public Toilets Edlogan SQ North Rd Croesyceiliog
Received 20 Mar 1995CRT Rd Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Dec 1993L& To Rear Of Winscombe Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 29 Nov 1993Unit 3 Walker Steel Ind Est New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Nov 1985Big Pit Mining Museum Blaenafon Torfaen
Received 4 Jan 200258 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 27 Nov 20014 Oakleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Aug 20012 Ty Coch Lane Ty Coch Cwmbran Gwent
Received 23 Jul 198628 The Highway Oakfield Cwmbran
Received 21 Nov 2001Records 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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