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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Magna Porta Gardens Abbey Fields Llantarnam
Received 8 Oct 2001The Hawthorns Church Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 5 Sept 2001Talocher Farm Pentrepiod Pontypool
Received 23 Apr 2001L& Off Crown Lane Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 6 Feb 200113 Chapel Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QR
Received 21 Dec 20004 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran
Received 14 Jul 2000Rear Of 82 Ashleigh CRT Henllys Cwmbran
Received 3 Nov 19992 Torfaen Tce Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 14 Sept 199972 Gifford CL Two Locks Cwmbran NP44 7NY
Received 8 May 1996Greenmeadow Community Farm Greenforge Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 8 Dec 1995153 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Jul 1995L& Adj To Exist Surgery Fairwater Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 Dec 1994L& Adj 47 The Highway Pontypool
Received 28 Jan 2000Park Gate Garage Pontymoile Pontypool
Received 24 Oct 2001HSBC Blaenavon Branch BRD St Blaenavon
Received 2 Jul 2001Llantarnam Cemetery Chapel Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 3 Nov 199318 Ynys Lane Croesyceiliog Cwmbran NP44 2LH
Received 7 Aug 199629 Phillips Street Blaenavon Pontypool Torfaen NP4 9QJ
Received 27 Sept 1995Oak Cottage 6 Oakl&S View Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent NP44 5ED
Received 12 Apr 199517 Co-Operative Tce Herberts Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 27 Mar 1995Woodside Rd Forgehammer Cwmbran Gwent
Received 28 Apr 1994L& To Rear Of Llanover Rd Middle Coed Cae Blaenavon Gwent
Received 23 Dec 1993Grove Park Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Jun 1986Rifleman Arms Rifle St Blaenavon Gwent
Received 18 Feb 1986Records 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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