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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18,991 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Pen Y Ddoyga CWM Lasgarn Trevethin Pontypool Gwent
Received 27 Mar 1995South Wales Electricity Depot Llywelyn Rd Cwmbran
Received 23 Jun 1993Talywain Cottage Gallows Green Cwmavon Gwent
Received 10 Jun 199383 Manorbier Drive Llanyrafon Cwmbran
Received 27 May 200211 Alder CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 16 May 2002Cwmbran Bus Station Cwmbran Centre Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1PB
Received 25 Mar 2002Brondeg 7 Brynhyfryd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 11 Apr 2002Plot At Oaks Rd Snatchwood Abersychan
Received 30 Jul 2001Flats 1/6 Ty Rosser Gwyn Garndiffaith
Received 26 Jul 2000Oak St Surgery Oak St Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Dec 1994Firbank 2 Hafod Rd Ponthir Newport Gwent
Received 2 Sept 199424 Upper Waun St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 27 Jun 1994Old Pipe Works Cwmffrwdoer Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 8 Jun 1994Cwmbran Police Training Centre Greenmeadow Way Cwmbran
Received 25 Oct 1993Hillcrest Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0TA
Received 7 Jul 199325 St Hilda's Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Nov 198642401 Monmouth SQ Cwmbran Gwent
Received 22 Aug 1986CWM Farm Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 4 Jun 1997Plot No. 8 Ty Canol 3A (Bluebell CRT) Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Sept 1985Car Park Rear Of Commercial Rd Talywain Pontypool
Received 27 Oct 2000Channel View Off Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 23 Aug 1999Greenmeadow & St Dials Community Hallp&Y Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 27 May 1999Llanyrafon CRT Limited Llanfrechfa Way Cwmbran
Received 5 Jan 199991 Pettingale Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 8 Oct 1998Records 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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