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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
18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wayside' Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 30 Sept 1993Fairwood Lodge 43 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 30 Sept 1998121 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Aug 199872 Upland Drive Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8HT
Received 16 Mar 19986A Richmond Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Nov 1986Plot 1 Bluebell CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Oct 1986Plot 1 & 2 Oaks CRT Snatchwood Abersychan Pontypool
Received 12 Jul 2001Pavement Alongside Exterior Wall Of The Head Gardner Shop Stanley Rd Garndiffaith
Received 16 May 2001Building Blocks Childrens Nursery Ynys Lane Croesceiliog Cwmbran
Received 3 Mar 1999Kwik Save Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Sept 1995Beili Glas Farm Llanover Lane Cwmavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8UW
Received 1 Mar 1995Lock House Greenhill Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DQ
Received 7 Feb 19951 Brangwyn Ave Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 9 May 2002Barn Adj To Pontnewynydd CC Pentrepiod Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 17 Nov 199324 Lodge Wood Turnpike Pontypool Gwent
Received 18 May 19931 Hedgley Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 27 Aug 19989 Dingle Lane West Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1ET
Received 25 Mar 1998Land At Woodside Way, Springvale Industrial Estate Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5AA
Received 20 Feb 199743252 Crane St & L& To The Rear Of Woolworths Stores
Received 17 Jan 1996L& BTWN Route A4042 & Old Abergavenny Rd Mamhilad Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Jan 19967 Glade CL Coed Eva Cwmbran
Received 17 Sept 1999Greenacre 35 Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 12 Mar 199930 Heather CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 20 Apr 199869 Spring Grove Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Oct 1985Records 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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