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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
I G Lintels Avondale Rd Cwmbran
Received 5 Oct 199344 Clairwain New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Aug 199317 Victoria St Cwmbran Gwent
Received 6 Apr 1993Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Dec 1992Fairways Coedeva Mill Hollybush Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Sept 1992L& Adj To Woodl& Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Jun 19921 Blaenwern Avondale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 11 Nov 19996 Gwent SQ Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran
Received 28 Jun 1999The Old Dairy Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 17 Jun 1999Jasmine Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Torfaen
Received 19 Mar 1999The Old Dairy Sluvad Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 2 Feb 1999The Cottage 64 Club Row Snatchwood Pontypool Torfaen
Received 20 Jan 1999St Albans Roman Catholic High SCH The Park Pontypool
Received 19 Nov 199834 Thornhill Rd Upper Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Jan 1998Field Number 1100 Nr Henllys Church Cwmbran
Received 8 Oct 1997111A Osborne Rd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6LU
Received 2 Apr 1997Land Adj 30 The Garw Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 9 Dec 1985BBC Transmitting STN Nr Pistyll-Gwyn Farm Cwmavon Pontypool
Received 11 Nov 1996Site Of Old Club Hse Pontypool United RFC Conway Rd Pontypool
Received 2 Oct 199611 North Walk Cwmbran NP44 1XF
Received 24 May 1996The Danes Grove Est Pentrepiod Rd Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 16 May 19969 Farm Rd Blaendare Pontypool Torfaen
Received 22 Oct 1998Coed Eva Junior & Infant School Teynes Coed Eva Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4TG
Received 9 Jun 1998Ysgol Gufun Gwynllyw Folly Rd Trevethin Pontypool
Received 2 May 2002Records 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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