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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
18,991 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Dec 1982 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Cheriton Path Fairwater Cwmbran
Received 30 Apr 2002Forge Hammer Ind Est Woodside Rd Greenhill Rd Cwmbran
Received 24 Dec 200131 The Garw Croesyceiliog Cwmbran
Received 30 Oct 2001L& Bordered By Llywelyn Rd To West Caradoc Rd To North The Parade To East & Tudor Rd Cwmbran
Received 10 Nov 2000Hillside Henllys Village Rd Henllys Cwmbran
Received 4 Aug 2000Church Cottage Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 19 Jun 2000Units 19 21 23 & 25 The Parade Cwmbran Shopping Centre Cwmbran
Received 20 Apr 2000Blaenavon Motor Company Abergavenny Rd Blaenavon
Received 1 Dec 1999Skenfrith Hse Llantarnam Cwmbran
Received 11 Aug 19998 Cherry Tree CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 30 Apr 199910 Maendy Way West Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 7 Feb 2001Phase 2 Pine Gardens Tranch Pontypool
Received 18 Dec 2000Badl&S Bungalow Llanover Rd Blaenafon
Received 7 Jun 2000Top Shop Unit 9 The Mall Cwmbran
Received 23 Oct 1996Cold Barn Farm Trevethin Pontypool
Received 10 Jul 1996Adj 14 Tranch Rd Pontypool Gwent
Received 24 Jan 1994April Rise Llanover Rd Blaenavon Gwent
Received 6 Aug 1993Coed Cae Rd West Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 21 Jan 1993Petrol Filling STN Avondale Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 17 Jul 199241 Birch Grove Henllys Cwmbran
Received 3 Mar 200026 Clover CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 18 Feb 2000132 Brynglas Hollybush Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Jul 19991 Five Hses Upper Race Pontypool
Received 7 Apr 1999Central Repair Depot (TCBC) New Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 16 Nov 2001Records 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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