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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Monmouthshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,413 approved · 274 refused · 389 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2014 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
55 Green Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5DP
Received 3 Jun 2024Woodfield House Prysg Wood Lane Llanishen Monmouthshire NP16 6QS
Received 4 Jun 2024Parade House Nursing Home The Parade Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3PA
Received 4 Jun 20249 Monnow Keep Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3EX
Received 4 Jun 202412 Meadway Rogiet Monmouthshire NP26 3SA
Received 4 Jun 2024Castlegate Business Park Caldicot Road Portskewett NP26 5AD
Received 5 Jun 2024Site Adjacent To 2 The Gardens Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3HF
Received 5 Jun 20244 Bridge Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5EY
Received 6 Jun 2024Huntfield Cottage 1 Huntfield Cottages Welsh Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5LP
Received 6 Jun 20243 Manor View St Arvans Monmouthshire NP16 6DY
Received 6 Jun 2024The Drama Centre 3 - 5 Pen Y Pound Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5UD
Received 7 Jun 2024Disused Railway Line The Pill Caldicot Monmouthshire
Received 7 Jun 2024Trafalgar House Blestium Street Monmouth Monmouthshire
Received 7 Jun 2024Trafalgar House Blestium Street Monmouth Monmouthshire
Received 7 Jun 2024Greenway 38 Avenue Road Abergavenny NP7 7DB
Received 7 Jun 202428 Woodland Crescent Llanfoist NP7 9LY
Received 7 Jun 20243 Chippenhamgate Street Monmouth NP25 3DH
Received 10 Jun 2024Lindum 14 Fosterville Crescent Abergavenny NP7 5HG
Received 10 Jun 2024Llanarth Estate Woodlands Llanarth
Received 11 Jun 2024Ground Floor Rear Store 30 Lion Street Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5NT
Received 11 Jun 2024Peckett Lodge Narth Lane The Narth Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 4QH
Received 11 Jun 2024Tanhurst Main Road Undy Monmouthshire
Received 12 Jun 20246 Wesley Buildings Newport Road Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 4LY
Received 12 Jun 20246 Wesley Buildings Newport Road Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 4LY
Received 12 Jun 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Monmouthshire County 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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