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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Clarence St Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Aug 1995Penry Morgan Ltd Gilchrist Thomas Ind Est Blaenavon Gwent
Received 30 Jun 1995Tesco Supermarket George St Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Jan 199517 St Augustine Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 31 Oct 1994L& Adj To Ivy Lodge Greenhill Rd Griffithstown Pontypool Gwent
Received 12 Jul 199467 Penylan Rd Varteg Pontypool
Received 14 Mar 1994Burtons Gold Medal Biscuits Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 7 Oct 1993Ard Garages (South Wales) Ltd. Llantarnam Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 5 Dec 1986208 Charston Greenmeadow Cwmbran Gwent
Received 24 Mar 19864 Chapel Lane (Brynteg) Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 1 Sept 2000Crown Castle's Ex Ty Shon Shenkin Transmitting STN Cefn Crib
Received 13 Apr 20006 To 18 Crane St & Properties Fronting West PL Pontypool
Received 7 Dec 199520 Cambria St Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 25 Feb 200225 Wayfield Crescent Northville Cwmbran
Received 1 Feb 200229 Yew Tree Tce Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 22 Jun 2000Junc Of Primrose CT/Saffron CT Ty Canol Cwmbran
Received 3 Jun 199788 Elgam Ave Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 25 Feb 199727A BRD St Blaenavon
Received 3 Dec 1996Unit 1 Grange Ind Est Llanyravon Cwmbran
Received 4 Oct 199625 Larch CL New Inn Pontypool
Received 18 Apr 20011 New Hses Coed Cae PL Pontypool
Received 12 Feb 200139 Rowan Crescent Griffithstown Pontypool Torfaen
Received 5 Sept 2000Erlesmere Park View Pontymoile Pontypool
Received 13 Jul 2000248 Llantarnam Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran NP443BW
Received 30 May 2002Records 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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