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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Hillcrest Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 1 May 199628 Lancaster Rd New Inn Pontypool Gwent NP4 Onx
Received 6 Dec 1995Kays & Kears Ind Est Blaenavon Gwent NP4 9A2
Received 20 Nov 1995201 Henllys Way Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Oct 1995L& Adj To 111 Osborne Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 9 Aug 1994Wilcrick PL Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Gwent
Received 28 Feb 1986The Old Barn LL&Erfel Farm Cwmbran Gwent
Received 25 Sept 19851 Kingslea Cwmbran NP444DN
Received 14 Apr 1997L& Adj To LL&Erfel Farm Penmaes Rd Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Mar 1996Bryn Derwen FFRWD Rd Abersychan Pontypool
Received 30 Sept 199635 Club Rd Tranch Pontypool
Received 16 Jan 199816 Redwick CRT Southville Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 21 Oct 199739 Pontnewydd Walk Northville Cwmbran
Received 20 Aug 19999 Brynheulog Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 10 Jun 1999L& At Spring Tce Cwrdy Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 Apr 199941 Chapel Street Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1DN
Received 18 Apr 200150 Hillside Ave Blaenavon
Received 2 Apr 2001Greyhound Hotel Commercial St Pontypool
Received 15 Feb 200118 Coed Camlas New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Sept 200056 Ton Rd Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 7LE
Received 27 May 199816 West Ave Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5AJ
Received 28 Oct 199742401 Philanthropic Cottages Henllys Cwmbran
Received 12 May 19978 Avondale Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 1UD
Received 27 Mar 1996Spring Cottage Greenfield Terrace Varteg Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7UA
Received 17 Jun 1996Records 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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