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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Units 1 & 1A Ty Coch Ind Est Cwmbran Gwent
Received 8 Sept 198730 Marlborough Rd Maes Y Rhiw Cwmbran Gwent
Received 27 Aug 1986Central Supplies Dept The Polo Grounds New Inn Pontypool Gwent
Received 28 May 19921 The Alders Llanyravon Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Jun 1995Fairwater Leisure Centre Ty Gwyn Way Fairwater Cwmbran Gwent NP44 4YZ
Received 23 May 1995Johnson Mine Forgeside Blaenavon Gwent
Received 29 Sept 1994Park Hse Flats Parkside Pontypool Gwent
Received 20 Sept 199492 Caernarvon Crescent Llanyrafon Cwmbran
Received 31 May 2002Maes Y Rhiw Court Greenmeadow Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 4 May 2000Unit 21 Ard Business Park Polo Grounds Ind Est New Inn Pontypool
Received 24 Aug 19994 Selby CL Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8TT
Received 5 Oct 1998Site Of Former Garn Primary SCH Stanley Rd/Top Rd Garndiffaith Pontypool
Received 3 Nov 199960 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 11 Oct 199963 Fields Rd Oakfield Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Aug 1992Bryn-y-coed 17 Usk Road Pontypool Torfaen NP4 8AG
Received 18 Jun 200155 Five Locks CL Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1DD
Received 29 Sept 19946 Monmouth Walk Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran Gwent
Received 15 Aug 199415 North Walk Cwmbran Gwent NP44 1PR
Received 14 Mar 199425 North Walk Cwmbran
Received 25 Oct 1993L& Off Llantarnam Parkway Adj To Newport Rd Cwmbran
Received 18 Sept 20015 St Matthews Rd Blaendare Pontypool
Received 31 May 200113 Brynglas Hollybush Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 8 May 20011A East View Pontypool Torfaen
Received 9 Oct 2000LWR Mill Ind Est Pontypool Gwent
Received 11 Sept 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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