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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Ponderosa Rear Of Oakleigh New Inn Pontypool
Received 11 Jul 200054 Sycamore Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 17 Apr 200015 Wern Tce High St Pontypool
Received 4 Apr 200062 Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 13 Dec 19999 Jubilee Tce Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6EJ
Received 12 May 1999Grazing Field Varteg Pontypool
Received 2 Dec 1999Sardis Congregational Chapel Varteg Rd Varteg
Received 19 Aug 1996Adams 9 Northwalk Cwmbran
Received 6 Jun 1996Ashton Villa George Street Wainfelin Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6BX
Received 23 May 1996The Shop & Post Office Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 8 Sept 1995Twyn Gwyn Farm Penygarn Pontypool
Received 15 Aug 2000Rowan-Lea STN Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 24 Nov 1999I G Lintels Ltd Stacking Yard Avondale Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Aug 19999 CWRT Glas Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 6 Aug 199843 The Highway Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Jan 199826 Michael Way Riverside Pontypool Torfaen
Received 29 Jan 199860 The Ave Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 21 May 200220 Glade CL Coed Eva Cwmbran
Received 20 Mar 2002Plot 1 & Plot 2 Part Of Garden Hilston Snatchwood Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 12 Mar 2002102 Chester CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 0LU
Received 17 Feb 1995Cwmbran Village Social Club 5/7 Commercial St Old Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Nov 1994228 Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 27 May 2002Foundry Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 25 Apr 1994Memorial Ground Conway Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 26 Apr 1994Records 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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