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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Usk CRT Thornhill Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 May 1995146 Oaksford Coed Eva Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 May 19953 Tyr Box Cottage Ty Box CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 25 Oct 199425 Avondale Rd Pontrhydyrun Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1UR
Received 22 Jun 1994To The North Of Malthse Rd To The South Of Dowlais Brook Cwmbran
Received 16 Mar 1994Capel Newydd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 14 Sept 1987The Garth Sluvad Road New Inn Pontypool Torfaen NP4 0SX
Received 23 Jul 19866 Penarth CRT Llanyravon Cwmbran NP44 8JG
Received 2 Feb 1998Old Cwmbran Surgery Victoria St Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Jun 1995L& At Rear Of Commodore Hotel Mill Lane Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 29 Mar 1995Stop & Shop Stanley Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Jan 199496 Open Hearth CL Griffithstown Pontypool
Received 6 Dec 200065 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran
Received 21 Nov 200054 Osborne Rd Pontypool Torfaen
Received 19 Sept 2000Belli Llwyd Farm Llanover Lane Cwmavon Blaenavon
Received 19 Apr 199313 Chapel Road Pontnewynydd Pontypool Torfaen NP4 6QR
Received 5 Feb 1993109A Ashford CL North Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Gwent
Received 25 Feb 1993Moyse Plumbing Supplies Rockhill Road Pontymoile Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AR
Received 29 Jun 1995L& Adj To 25 Kennard Crescent Blaenavon
Received 15 Apr 1998112 CRT Farm Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP44 3BU
Received 26 Jan 199823 Monmouth CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 13 Oct 1997Dunnet Cottages Off Jerusalem Lane New Inn
Received 16 Jun 1992Janbri St Dials Rd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 3AL
Received 29 Apr 1996Unit 120 Springvale Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 1 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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