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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 New Hses Pantygasseg Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Jan 1993209 Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Nov 19928 Steynton Path Fairwater Cwmbran Gwent
Received 30 Jul 19923 Russell CL New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Feb 1987L& STH Of Rail Line & WST Of Daniel Donc Blaenavon Gwent
Received 30 Oct 198656 Llantarnam Ind Park Cwmbran Gwent
Received 13 Jun 1986Masons Arms Hill St Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 18 Feb 1986Le Hermitage Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 14 Dec 199289 Llanyravon Way Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Sept 19929 Kenfig PL Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Jun 19927 The Parade Cwmbran Gwent
Received 25 Mar 1987Plot 2 Adj Greenway Drive Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Apr 1987The Kingfisher Public Hse Leadon CRT Thornhill Cwmbran
Received 27 Jan 2000Claremont Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 5 Oct 1999Plot 5 Carreg Fawr Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 22 Feb 1999Grass Verge Pisgah CL Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 16 Dec 199418 Blaendare Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5RZ
Received 12 Apr 2002The Pine Barn Ty Coch Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 19 Sept 20011 Ty Pwca PL Upper Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 27 Nov 2000L& Adj To Curwood Blaenafon
Received 15 Jun 2000L& At LWR Race Pontypool (Adj To 8 New Hses)
Received 13 Sept 2000Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est (Secondary Site) Blaenafon Torfaen
Received 13 Jul 2000Ctil TV Transmitting STN Penyrheol Nr Pontypool Torfaen
Received 28 Sept 1998100 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyravon Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 10 Aug 1998Records 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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