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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18,991 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Off Brankley Lane Rear Of Holman Blaenavon
Received 19 Jul 2001Glansychan Hse High St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 6 Nov 2000Pen Y Daith The Tranch Pontypool Torfaen
Received 24 Aug 20005 Upper Coed Cae Blaenavon
Received 10 Mar 200011 Hillcrest Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 Dec 1999Durrant Transport Karyon Hse Pontyfelin Rd Pontypool New Inn
Received 24 Dec 1998Plot 2 Hynam PL Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 14 Sept 199839 Oakleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 29 May 20023 General Rees Square Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AH
Received 20 Mar 20025 Gloucester CL Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 12 Oct 2000Llywn Y Celn Farm Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 12 Apr 20006 Teynes Coed Eva Cwmbran NP44 4TG
Received 27 Aug 1999Pontnewynydd Ind Est Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Apr 1986Wern SCH Site Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 6 Feb 1986Blue Boar Off Church Rd Talywain Pontypool Gwent
Received 17 Jul 19866 Montressor CRT Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 16 Dec 1998Former Walker Steel Site The Highway Panteg Pontypool
Received 31 Oct 1996Lyndhurst Albert Rd Talywain Pontypool
Received 18 Oct 1996Canal CL Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 4 Jul 1996Highway Grassverge Adj To Ex Pillar Box Five Locks Rd Cwmbran
Received 31 Oct 199528 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 Onp
Received 9 Aug 1995CFL Hse Oldbury Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 Jul 19952 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 May 1995Cwmbran Stadium Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 7 Oct 1994Records 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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