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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
18,991 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Mount Rd St Cadoc's Penygarn Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Sept 199442652 Forgehammer Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Aug 199417 Caradoc Rd To 27 North Walk Cwmbran Town Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 8 Mar 199425 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran NP44 6JS
Received 4 Jul 1997L& R/O Denehurst/Heywood/Leamore STN Rd & Adj To 75 & 76 Open Hearth Pontypool
Received 18 Mar 1997Ty Trappa Farm Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Oct 1996124 Chester CL Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool NP4 0LW
Received 1 Aug 1996High Trees 37 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9LF
Received 6 Jun 199527 South Rd Oakfield Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Sept 1995Llantarnam Hall Malpas Rd Newport Gwent
Received 1 Mar 1995L& Bounded By The A4042 Rerouted Llanfrechfa Way & Hses At East End Of The Alder Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Feb 1995Woodside Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Nov 1994Panteg Works Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jul 19941 Oak L& Adj 9 Gelli Fawr CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 21 Sept 1995149 Charston Greenmeadown Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Jul 1987Units 5 & 6 Forgeside Cwmbran Gwent
Received 12 Jun 1987All Saints Church Church Road Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 17 Dec 2001Ty Isaf Farm Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3EU
Received 28 Aug 20014 Asquith St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen NP5 5HL
Received 24 Apr 2001Penheol Y Badd Fawr Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 7 Feb 200110 Wainfelin Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 26 Jul 199427 North Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Aug 198793 Wainfelin Ave Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 May 198632 Garth Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 23 Jan 1986Records 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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