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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18,987 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Edlogan SQ Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Feb 1994Adj To Globe Hotel Crane St Pontypool
Received 20 Oct 199333 Springfield Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NA
Received 15 Jul 1993Pentwyn Tunnel Foundry Rd Snatchwood Abersychan
Received 6 Mar 2001Oldbury Hall Oldbury Rd Old Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 6 Feb 1998Osbourne Cottage Mill Lane Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 26 Jan 19981 South Walk Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Feb 198613 Heol Beuno New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 May 2002102 Varteg Rd Pontypool
Received 13 Aug 1996109 Usk Rd Pontypool
Received 19 Sept 2001N.C.B Railway Line Nr Whistle Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 12 Feb 1986102 Heather CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 22 Jan 2001Osborne Cottage Mill Lane Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 25 Jul 2000L& Opp Coed Llwyd Farm Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 1 Jul 1992Land At 14 Lower Glantorvaen Terrace Forgeside Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9BU
Received 9 Jun 1998The Bungalow Church Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 13 Sept 2001L& Adj To LWR Bridge St (Part Of Car Park Extending South Of Crane St To The Clarence) Pontypool
Received 3 May 2001Spar Stores Woodl& St Blaenavon
Received 13 Mar 2001The Post Office Penygarn Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 10 May 200060 Rosemead Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 6 Jul 199972 Daffodil Court Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6JG
Received 23 Jun 19997 Ashford CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Feb 19997 Coldstream Close Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 3 Oct 199713 Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Mar 1994Records 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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