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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Oak Service STN Cae White Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9RQ
Received 10 Mar 1995Broad Street Motors Foundry Road Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7EG
Received 1 Aug 1994Cwmbran Centre Hotel Victoria St Old Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Jan 1994The Pottery Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 3 Dec 1993Former Town Ash Tip Limekiln Rd Abersychan Gwent
Received 10 Aug 199270 Victoria St Cwmbran Gwent
Received 27 Jan 198628 The Highway Oakfield Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DP
Received 22 Feb 2002Brookfield Primary SCH Victoria St Cwmbran
Received 24 Jan 2002Fairwater Shopping Precinct Unit 16 Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Dec 200112 St Dials Rd Old Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Jul 1987Blaenserchan Colliery Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Apr 1986The Commercial Inn Talywain Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Feb 1986B & Q Supercentre Unit 1 Lockgate Retail Park Cwmbran Drive
Received 17 Apr 2002Dorville Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 5 Feb 200222/24 North Pontypool Ind Park Pontypool Torfaen
Received 7 Apr 199717 Maple Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 Mar 1996181 Charston Greenmeadow Cwmbran NP44 4LD
Received 26 Sept 19961 Hafod Mews Ponthir Newport
Received 2 Aug 1996Oakley Hse Newport Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 26 Sept 1995Fish & Chip Bar 77 Commercial Rd Talywain Pontypool Gwent
Received 3 Aug 199514 Nant Y Milwr CL Henllys Cwmbran Gwent NP44 6JW
Received 22 Mar 19955 Churchwood Penygarn Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jun 19935 Cleaves Tce Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Jan 19933 Alder CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 Sept 1992Records 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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