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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18,987 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Clark Ave Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Sept 1997Llanyravon CRT Nursing Home Llanfrechfa Way Cwmbran NP44 8HT
Received 9 Jul 1997Site Off STN Rd Old Flock Mill LWR Pontnewydd
Received 18 Mar 199721 Alma PL Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 13 Nov 200020 Charles St Blaenafon
Received 4 Aug 2000Oldbury Hall Oldbury Rd Cwmbran
Received 23 Jun 200047 Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon
Received 5 Jun 2000Montana 14 Brdway Pontypool Gwent
Received 26 Apr 19945 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 8 Jun 1993The Mountain View Inn/Masons Arms Pantygasseg Pontypool
Received 10 May 199677 Capel Newydd Ave Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9LR
Received 3 Aug 1995Pant Gwyn Abercarn Newport Gwent
Received 14 Apr 1987Winstone Rd Trevethin Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Feb 1987Plot 2 Hilltop Old Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 24 Jul 1997Woodbury Church Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 29 Apr 19933 Upper Waun St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 23 Dec 199237 Springfield CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 26 Aug 199241 Salisbury CRT Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Nov 1992Llantarnam Park Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 22 May 1992Former British School Close Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 10 Nov 19957 Edlogan SQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 19 Oct 199546 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EP
Received 19 Jul 19991 Spring Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Mar 1999Grounds Of JCT Cottage Fountain Rd Pontymoile Pontypool Gwent NP4 8ER
Received 22 Nov 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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