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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18,987 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Dec 1994JCT Hafod CRT/Hafren Rd Thornhill Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Jun 1994Bethel Chapel Tram Rd Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Jan 19965 Afon CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 0QE
Received 16 Jul 199671 High St Blaenavon
Received 29 Apr 1996Monmouth Hse Cwmbran Gwent
Received 26 Aug 1987Plot 11 Ty Canol 1C Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 May 1987Gateyule At Pimlico Trading Centre Newport Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0PT
Received 9 Sept 1986CRT Farm Treatment Work Ponthir Gwent
Received 2 Jul 1986Whistle Inn Whistle Road Garn Yr Erw Blaenavon Torfaen NP4 9SJ
Received 22 Sept 199735 Woolpitch Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 12 Jun 1997116 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 25 Aug 1995Hatherley Cottage Caerleon Rd Ponthir Gwent
Received 23 Jan 198722 Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 7 Aug 1986Units 4 & 5 CRT Rd Ind Est Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran
Received 15 Jan 198619 BRD St Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 Nov 1985Former Multi Storey Car Park Glyndwr Rd Cwmbran
Received 3 Aug 200126 Afon CL New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Apr 20018 Ty Box Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 25 Sept 20005 Asquith St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 May 1997Silver Birches Churchwood CL Pontypool
Received 22 Mar 1996Village Cafe 10 Commercial St Pontnewydd
Received 21 Nov 1996Stop & Shop 5 Windsor Road Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 19 Aug 19969 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 Onr
Received 31 Oct 1995Records 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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