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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18,988 approved · 2,431 refused · 1,070 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Elgam Ave Blaenavon
Received 15 Feb 2000Rear Of Travis Perkins STN Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 25 Aug 1999Wenallt Bungalow Brook Farm Ponthir Torfaen
Received 28 May 1999Plot 9 Ty Canol 3A Cwmbran Gwent
Received 4 Apr 198692 Five Locks Rd Pontnewydd Cwmbran
Received 13 Dec 2001Gwelfa Henllys Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 28 Nov 200113 Prospect PL Old Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 15 Oct 20017 Railway Tce Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen
Received 16 Aug 20016 Grosmont Rd New Inn Pontypool Torfaen
Received 6 Jun 2001Ffordd Camlas STN Rd Panteg Pontypool
Received 26 Mar 2001Plot 2 Off Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 10 May 200059 Rosemead Greenmeadow Cwmbran
Received 1 Feb 20008 LL&Egveth CL Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 3 Nov 1999Osborne Cottage Mill Lane Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 21 Jul 1999Preswylfa Upper Cwmbran Rd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 14 Jan 199331 Victoria Rd Cwmfields Pontypool Torfaen NP4 5JU
Received 11 Sept 199827/28 Gwent SQ Cwmbran
Received 18 Aug 1998Pontypool Uhf STN Penyrheol Farm Penyrheol Pontypool
Received 21 Feb 2001Glenoak Church Lane New Inn Pontypool
Received 13 Oct 2000Unit 1 Central Trading Est Oldbury Rd Cwmbran
Received 2 Jun 2000L& At Rear Of 21/23 Harpers Rd Garndiffaith
Received 10 Dec 1999Old Town Hall Lion St Blaenavon
Received 11 May 19993 Woodley Hses Llanover Rd Blaenavon Torfaen
Received 3 Sept 199752 The Links Trevethin Pontypool Torfaen
Received 31 Jul 1997Records 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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