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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Colstar Farm Malthse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 Aug 1995The Wheatsheaf Public Hse Cwmynyscoy Pontypool Gwent
Received 13 Jul 1995John Menzies (UK) Ltd 11 The Mall Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Aug 1994Lyndale Brdway Pontypool Gwent
Received 11 Oct 19958 Twmpath Rd Pontypool Gwent NP4 6AG
Received 23 May 1995Plots 75-92 & 98-100 Area 5 Henllys Cwmbran
Received 3 Oct 1994Sainsbury's Store Llewellyn Rd Cwmbran
Received 11 Oct 20004 Kemys St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 Jun 1998Brooklyn Cottages 49 Cwmynyscoy Road Cwmynscoy Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5SQ
Received 30 Mar 1998106 Monnow CRT Thornhill Cwmbran Gwent NP44 5SE
Received 17 Feb 19973 Glade CL Cwmbran NP44 4TF
Received 15 Jul 1996Penygarn Hse Plot 3 Penygarn Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Nov 1994Llanyrafon Surgery Llanyrafon Way Cwmbran
Received 20 Mar 2001Former Larcombe's Shop Portl& BDGS Commercial St Pontypool
Received 6 Sept 2000Adj To 35 Giles Rd (On Open Land Beside The Highway) Blaenavon
Received 31 Oct 1995Unit 15 Panteg Ind Est Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent NP4 5LY
Received 27 Apr 1995Rael Y Bryn Waterloo Rd Talywain Torfaen NP4 7H9
Received 22 Feb 2002Troed Y Rhiw Belle View Lane Upper Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 5 Jan 200177 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 10 Jul 2000Pontypool Police STN Market St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6YN
Received 15 Feb 2000Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd Llewelyn Rd Cwmbran Torfaen BS1 5BN
Received 25 Oct 199982 Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 2 Jan 200232 Plantation Drive Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 17 Sept 200192 Five Locks Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 11 Jul 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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