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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Collstar Farm Malthse Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 12 Oct 2000Unit 4B Cwmbran Retail Park Cwmbran Gwent
Received 19 Jan 199346 Victoria St Old Cwmbran Gwent
Received 9 Nov 1992203 Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 27 Oct 1992Abersychan Surgery Old Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jul 1992Land Adjacent To Elizabeth Row Talywain Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Jul 199210 Orchard PL Cwmbran
Received 22 Feb 2002Heddfan Manor Way Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7DR
Received 6 Dec 200121 Raglan CRT Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 9 Aug 200127 Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TF
Received 11 Jun 2001186 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 May 2001The Firs Newport Rd Llantarnam (Originally Plots To Rear
Received 4 Oct 2000Westlake Arms Cwmavon Rd Cwmavon Torfaen
Received 4 Sept 1998Llanyrafon Mill Llanyrafon Way Cwmbran
Received 5 Apr 2002Ty-Dda Penylan Fields Varteg Pontypool
Received 21 Nov 20008 Brynonnen CRT Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EQ
Received 25 Aug 1998Chapel Hse Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 6 Aug 19989 Elan Walk St Dials Cwmbran
Received 4 Aug 19972 Church Wood Park Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8DD
Received 21 Jul 1997Lariggan STN Rd Ponthir
Received 30 May 2002Glencoed Hse 1A Greenforge Way Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 25 Mar 200243 Liswerry Drive Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 14 Sept 20017&8 Monnow CRT Thornhill Cwmbran
Received 7 Sept 200113 Ty Mynydd Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 May 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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