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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
18,868 approved · 2,395 refused · 1,047 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Feb 1986 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
County Hosp Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 20 Mar 199749 Maendy Wood Rise West Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 4 Dec 1996Owens Corning BP (UK) Ltd Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 19 Nov 19962 Wesley St Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Oct 1996Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Drive Cwmbran
Received 20 May 1996White Hart Public Hse BRD St Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 18 Sept 1995Pentranch Cottages Derelict BDGS Pontypool Torfaen
Received 21 Jul 1998Brechfa Farm Caerleon Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8DQ
Received 9 Feb 199812 Gower Green Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2QL
Received 25 Jan 1999Pontypool Registry Office Hanbury Rd Pontypool
Received 28 Oct 19983 Plas Craig Northville Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1QP
Received 12 Feb 19981 Penarth CRT Llanyravon Cwmbran NP44 8JG
Received 22 Sept 1997IG Lintels Avondale Road Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1XY
Received 5 Nov 1996133 Gifford CL (Oak Tree In Front GDN) Two Locks Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Aug 1995The Firs 9 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 28 Feb 19953 Rose Cottages LWR Woodl& St Blaenavon
Received 7 Mar 19961 Bagley CRT Thornhill Cwmbran
Received 26 Jun 2000Pontrhydyrun Baptist Church Chapel Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 28 Apr 200022 Brunel Rd Cwmbran NP444QT
Received 2 Mar 2000Rose Cottage Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 8 Nov 1999CWMFFRWD Service STN Cwmavon Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 20 Sept 19996 Castle CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Nov 1998L& Adj To Llewetrog Middle Coed Cae Rd Blaenavon
Received 20 Apr 1998Euro Exide Corporation Ltd Caldicot Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 9 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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