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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool NP4 5JH
Received 30 Sept 1997L& Adj The Laurels LWR Stoney Rd Garndiffaith
Received 3 May 200214 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 12 Nov 2001Brynavon Hse Garn Rd Blaenavon
Received 29 Oct 2001Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 6 Nov 2000L& Adj To Pen Bryn Cwmavon Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 Dec 1995Rose Cottage Viaduct Road Garndiffaith Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7PA
Received 9 Nov 19955 Laburnam Drive Henllys Cwmbran NP44 6EL
Received 20 Oct 1997Arosfa 68 Greenhill Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5BQ
Received 28 Apr 199711 BRD St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 27 Jul 1994The Garage R/O Old Flock Works & Conway Tce LWR Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 May 199421 Lowl&S Crescent Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 8 Jan 20026 Buttercup CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 15 Nov 2001Lodge House Tranch Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6AZ
Received 3 Aug 200112 Rolls Close Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4QU
Received 3 Aug 2001Ty Ffynon (Well Cottage) Penyrheol Nr Pontypool
Received 27 Jun 200153 Ashleigh CRT Cwmbran
Received 15 Jun 20017 Campbell St Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6DU
Received 26 Mar 200126 Coed Y C&Do Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 31 Aug 200099 Railway Cottages Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 11 May 2000Field No. 2692 Adj Park Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Aug 1994Adj To Exist Mast BBC Pontypool Quary Lane Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Mar 19947 St Augustine Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 2 Nov 19932 Clairwain New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Feb 1993Records 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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