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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
49 Stiels Coed Eva Cwmbran Gwent
Received 19 Nov 1992Greenl&S Farm Pentwyn Pontypool Gwent
Received 6 Jul 1992Old I C I Sports & Social Club Mamhilad Pontypool Gwent
Received 15 Sept 1992The Apostolic Church Brdway Pontypool
Received 17 Jun 199220 Charles St Blaenafon Torfaen
Received 9 Mar 200039/41 Ton Rd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 22 Dec 1999Rougemont SCH Trust Ltd Llantarnam Hall Malpas Hall South Wales
Received 13 Feb 1998Homebase Limited Tudor Rd Cwmbran
Received 19 Sept 1997Ground Floor 99 High St Abersychan Pontypool
Received 3 Mar 1997Pontypool Service STN Rockhill Rd Pontypool
Received 30 Aug 2001Wern Bungalow 59A Wern Rd Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5DT
Received 26 Apr 20012 Bryn Heulog Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 9 Feb 200112 Poplar Ave New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 29 Apr 1986Bushy Park Wainfelin Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Feb 1986L& To The Rear Of 55 Cwnynyscoy Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 5 Sept 1985Ty Rosser Gwyn Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 28 Mar 200287 The Highway New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 10 Oct 1986Plot 18 Ty Canol 3A Henllys Cwmbran Gwent
Received 16 Jul 1986Unit 42 CRT Rd Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Aug 1987The Mall Cwmbran Gwent
Received 28 May 198644 Jerusalem Lane New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 22 Aug 1995Trees On L& Opp Briarlea Old Penygarn Pontpool
Received 28 Feb 199534 Pettingale Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 9 Feb 1995Woodl& Works LWR Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 26 Jul 1994Records 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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