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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
19 Caradoc St Pentwyn Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Sept 1995Coed Yr Ros Valentine Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 28 Nov 2000Harvester & Hix LWR Mill Pontypool
Received 23 May 200036 New William St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 2 Aug 1995Plot 4 Oaks CRT Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 8 Jun 1994107 Sunnybank Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 26 Apr 1999Lloyds Bank Hanbury Rd Pontypool
Received 7 Apr 19999 Penylan CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 9 Nov 1993Abersychan Baptist Church High St Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen
Received 8 May 200141 Buttercup CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 27 Sept 2000Blaenavon Motor Company Abergavenny Rd Blaenavon
Received 25 Aug 2000L C Lewis Pontyfelin Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 12 Apr 200012 Pine Tree Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0RS
Received 11 Dec 199828/32 The Mall Cwmbran Town Centre
Received 22 May 1998Blaenavon Post Office Prince St Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 7 Nov 199794 Upper George St Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 May 199734 Chapel Rd Pentrepiod Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Jul 199551 The Links Trevethin Pontypool Gwent NP4 8DG
Received 18 May 1995Autopia Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran
Received 6 May 199715 Edlogan SQ Edlogan Way Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 18 Apr 1997L& Off Varteg Rd Varteg Pontypool
Received 28 Feb 19965 Dean CRT Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 May 1994Kiosk No.2 The Parade Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Dec 1993Brooklands Farm Newport Road Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3AE
Received 25 Nov 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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