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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool Gwent
Received 4 Dec 1995Glyn Bran Farmhse Upper Cwmbran Gwent
Received 18 Oct 1995Reflectalux Avondale Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 May 1999Cti's Ex Pontypool Transmitting STN Penyrheol Pontypool
Received 6 Jan 1999Plot 2 Bryn Rhedyn Llanfrechfa Cwmbran
Received 9 Oct 199844 Two Locks Road Two Locks Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7HJ
Received 25 Nov 1998Gwent Hse Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 29 May 2001Park Hse Cottage The Park Blaenavon Gwent
Received 9 May 19952 Commercial St Pontypool Gwent
Received 7 Oct 1994Idle Acres Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 May 1993CWM Farm Farm Lane Cwmynyscoy Pontypool Gwent
Received 19 Jan 199369 Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 30 Oct 1992Lowfield' Viaduct Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 13 Jul 1992BRD Oaks Pentre Lane Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 24 Aug 1999Folly View Cwmoody Glascoed South Wales
Received 6 Oct 1998Burtons Sports Ground Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 19 Apr 2002Kays & Kears Ind Est Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 26 Apr 20025 South Walk Cwmbran Shopping Cwmbran
Received 27 Mar 199886 High St Blaenavon
Received 29 Aug 199715 Pensarn Way Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 6EU
Received 29 Sept 1997Site Adj Fleur De Lys Plot 2 Glencrt Sebastopol Pontypool
Received 12 Jun 1997Land At Junction Of Ty Coch Lane & Llantarnam Park Way Cwmbran
Received 10 Feb 1997Pant Y Gollen Farm Folly Lane St Cadocs Pontypool
Received 29 Apr 1996High Trees 37 Cwmavon Rd Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9LF
Received 5 Dec 1995Records 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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