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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 St Augustine Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 13 Sept 1993L& Above Pembroke Tce Varteg Pontypool Gwent
Received 20 Oct 1992Hillview Varteg Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 13 Aug 1992STH Pontypool Ind Park Central Depot Pontypool Gwent
Received 23 Feb 1987Glanmire Hilltop Old Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Feb 19872 & 4 Crane St Pontypool Gwent
Received 20 Oct 198622 The Highway Oakfield Cwmbran
Received 25 Apr 2002Ty Breuddwydd Grove Park Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 28 Feb 2001I G Lintels Avondale Rd Cwmbran
Received 30 Oct 2000L& South Of Gilchrist Thomas Off Forgeside Rd Blaenavon Includes Valley FLR The Afon Lwyd
Received 5 Jun 2000Lock House Greenhill Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3DQ
Received 10 Nov 19996 Harold St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 10 Mar 1995Beechbrook Hse Beechtree At End Of Gar 8 Buttercup CRT Springfields Ty Canol Cwmbram Gwent
Received 29 Jul 19941 Woodleigh Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon
Received 24 Jul 200124 Nant Y Milwr CL Henllys Cwmbran
Received 25 May 2001Ty Canol Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 28 Sept 20007 Wern Fach CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 10 Apr 2000Oakfield Caerleon Rd Ponthir
Received 4 May 2000Spear Europe Ltd Christopher Grey CRT Lakeside Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran
Received 10 Feb 2000Hong Takeaway 47 LL&Owlais St Cwmbran
Received 5 Oct 199925-27 Victoria Street Old Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3JN
Received 24 May 19941 Rannock Hse Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 Jan 19945 Kemys St Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 15 Sept 1993L& Adj Caerleon Rd Ponthir Gwent
Received 12 Aug 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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