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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Russell Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1EA
Received 16 Oct 19981 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran
Received 24 Aug 1998Grange Works Grange Rd Cwmbran South Wales
Received 23 Mar 1998Pontymoile Primary School St Matthews Road Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JZ
Received 5 Dec 199747 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QZ
Received 3 Sept 1997Claverton Caerleon Rd Ponthir Nr Newport
Received 30 Jul 1997Incline Cottage Incline Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 3 Apr 200256 Upl& Drive Trevethin Pontypool NP4 8HT
Received 13 Feb 1998103 Blaendare Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 10 Jul 199728 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 May 199714 Whitehse Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Mar 1997J Sainsbury The STR& Cwmbran
Received 26 Nov 1996L& Adj Fleur De Llys Glencrt Sebastopol
Received 6 Jun 1996125 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 8 Sept 1995Abbey Farm Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 6 Feb 1995Panteg Church The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 13 Oct 199438 Beechleigh CL Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Apr 200154 Melbourne CRT St Dials Cwmbran
Received 26 Mar 20016 Hafod Rd Ponthir NP18 1GN
Received 12 Feb 200128 Garth Rd Ty Coch Cwmbran
Received 9 May 2000Banjo Site B Llantarnam Park Ind Est Llantarnam
Received 1 Feb 2000Caldicot Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Jan 1993Coed Cae Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Nov 19926 Parfitt Tce Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 9 Mar 1987Records 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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