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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.
8,451 approved · 275 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Newhouse Farm Industrial Estate Chepstow Monmouthshire
Received 21 Aug 20241 Chippenhamgate Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3DH
Received 21 Aug 2024The Co-operative West End Shops 180 Newport Road Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 4AA
Received 22 Aug 202418 Jasper Tudor Crescent Llanfoist Monmouthshire NP7 9AZ
Received 22 Aug 202412 Elm Avenue Undy Monmouthshire NP26 3EX
Received 22 Aug 202443 Maple Avenue Bulwark Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5RG
Received 22 Aug 2024Court Farm Bryngwyn Road Wonastow Monmouthshire NP25 4DN
Received 22 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To 11 Wern Gifford Pandy Monmouthshire
Received 23 Aug 2024The Cedars 27A Avenue Road Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7DA
Received 23 Aug 2024Tump Cottage Talycoed Road Llantilio Crossenny Monmouthshire NP7 8TH
Received 23 Aug 2024Evander Crowfield To Bryn-y-gwenin Lane Brynygwenin Monmouthshire NP7 8AB
Received 23 Aug 2024Land At Golden Hill Farm Itton Road St Arvans Monmouthshire NP16 6DL
Received 23 Aug 20247 Oak Close Bulwark Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5RL
Received 23 Aug 2024Morrisons Park Road Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5TR
Received 23 Aug 202410 Maes Y Llarwydd Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5LQ
Received 27 Aug 202424 Netherwent View Magor Monmouthshire NP26 3LG
Received 27 Aug 2024Lower House Farm Road From Dovecote Barn To A48 Llanfair Discoed Monmouthshire NP16 6LX
Received 27 Aug 202410 Twyn Square Usk Monmouthshire
Received 27 Aug 20241 Dumfries Close Llanfoist Monmouthshire NP7 9LU
Received 27 Aug 2024Land South Of Grove Mansions Grove Avenue Llanfoist Monmouthshire
Received 28 Aug 2024Florentia House 29 Mount Way Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5NF
Received 28 Aug 2024Barn Conversion Known As Oak Barn Hendre Grange Llanover Monmouthshire NP7 9DG
Received 29 Aug 202421 St Lawrence Park Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6DP
Received 29 Aug 202443 Priory Gardens Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1BB
Received 30 Aug 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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