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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Llantarnam SCH Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 5 Jun 2001Grove Cottage Park Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 9 Oct 1992Llantarnam Park Cwmbran
Received 20 Aug 1992CRT Farm CL Off Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Dec 199433 Hawkes Ridge Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent NP44 6JS
Received 6 Jun 1994CRT Rd Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Jan 1994Plot 1 Oaks CRT Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Oct 1992Ty Coch Farm Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 25 Mar 1987Cwmavon Rd Victoria Village Abersychan Pontypool Gwent
Received 27 Jan 1987Lindisfarne 46 Greenhill Rd Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 15 Apr 2002LWR Pentranch Farm Cwmffrwdoer Pontnewynydd Pontypool Gwent
Received 2 Apr 1993The Quarry Hill Farm Penyrheol Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 May 1992L& Adj To Llantarnam 66V Substn Ty Coch Lane Cwmbran
Received 22 Feb 2002Cwmbran Magistrates CRT Tudor Rd Cwmbran
Received 4 Feb 2002131 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 12 Dec 200122 Oakleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 25 May 2001Redhouse Farm Abergavenny Road Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 13 Feb 2001Ty Coch Farm Henllys Cwmbran
Received 11 May 2000Park Cottages Park BDGS Pontypool
Received 14 Feb 2000Pontnewydd Golf Club Upper Cwmbran Road Upper Cwmbran Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1AB
Received 19 Feb 1999Wilcrick PL/Avondale Rd/ Caldicot Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 31 Aug 2000L& Adj To Colinton Upper Race Pontypool
Received 14 Jun 20002 Cambria St Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 13 Mar 200035 To 39 BRD St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 7 Jul 1987Records 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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