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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18,991 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Narbeth Crescent Llanyrafon Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8RJ
Received 5 Oct 1998Streaks A Head 58 Windsor Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 12 Aug 1998Unit 55 Llantarnam Ind. Park Cmwbran Gwent NP44 3AW
Received 31 Mar 1994Willowdene Stoney Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Jan 1994Rose Hill Wesley CL Cwmbran Gwent
Received 7 Mar 1995Three Blackbirds Inn Ty Coch Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AY
Received 15 Jan 1998I G Lintels Avondale Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1TY
Received 25 Apr 199750A Commercial St Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 7 Apr 1997Kelvin Hse Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Mar 199649 South St Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 12 Mar 2002Nos 1-6 & 7-12 Thorncliff CRT Blenheim Rd St Dials
Received 16 Nov 2001Joint Boundary Rear Gardens Of 123/124 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran
Received 17 Sept 200196 Daffodil CRT Ty Canol Central Farm Cwmbran
Received 21 Jun 199317 Wainfelin Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Oct 199299 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Sept 1992Dormisha Heights (Formerly Apostolic Church) Brdway Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 May 1994Burtons Gold Medal Biscuits Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 18 Nov 199353 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Shopping Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Jun 199317899 (Odds) Fairfields Talywain Pontypool Gwent
Received 25 Aug 1992L& Adj Upper Hse Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Nov 199232 Thornhill CL Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Jul 1992L& Adj. 19 Blodwen Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 2 Jul 1992Lloyds Pharmacy 13 New St Pontnewydd Torfaen
Received 19 Nov 2001Plot 5 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool
Received 7 Aug 2001Records 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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