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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Co-Operative Tce Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Oct 199243 Waunddu Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 9 Sept 1992Cwmbran Squash Club Edlogan Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Jun 1992Unit 21 North Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre
Received 26 Jan 200121 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 19 Aug 198715 Sycamore CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 22 Aug 19941 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 29 Jun 19942 The Crest Coed Y C&Do Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Mar 1994Old Laundry Torfaen Tce Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 14 Nov 1986Howard's (Cwmbran) Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Gwent
Received 1 Oct 19869 Blaen Y CWM Henllys Cwmbran
Received 2 May 2002136 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran
Received 10 Aug 19999 Gladstone Tce Varteg Torfaen NP4 7RW
Received 26 Jul 1999Pontypool Town Centre Pontypool
Received 18 Jul 198521 Hendre CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 10 May 2002Llantarnam Filling STN Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Gwent
Received 23 Feb 1987Newport Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Feb 1987Gateway Superstore Tudor Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Nov 198625 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Dec 19868 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 14 Mar 2001Ty Coch Hse Llantarnam Park Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 27 Nov 200020 South Walk Cwmbran
Received 2 Oct 200025 Laurel Green Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 5TD
Received 27 Jun 2000Coleg Gwent Pontypool Campus Site Pontypool
Received 17 Apr 2000Records 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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