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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.
8,461 approved · 276 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Kamdoh Monmouth Road Raglan Monmouthshire NP15 2HG
Received 30 Aug 20248 Lansdown Drive Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 6AW
Received 30 Aug 20241 Herbert Close Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7AJ
Received 2 Sept 20242 Bryn Y Nant Cottages Nant-y-derry Road Nantyderry Goytre Monmouthshire NP7 9DP
Received 2 Sept 2024Springfield Wainfield Lane Gwehelog Monmouthshire NP15 1RG
Received 2 Sept 20241 Cherry Tree Cottages Kemeys Road Llanfair Kilgeddin Monmouthshire NP7 9BE
Received 2 Sept 20243 The Limes Undy Monmouthshire NP26 3LU
Received 3 Sept 2024Church Street Monmouth Monmouthshire
Received 3 Sept 2024Church Street Monmouth Monmouthshire
Received 3 Sept 2024Cemetery Lodge Mathern Road Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5JT
Received 3 Sept 202429 Castle Lodge Crescent Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 4JL
Received 3 Sept 20248 Duchess Close Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3JL
Received 3 Sept 2024Oakland Main Road Undy Monmouthshire NP26 3EH
Received 4 Sept 2024St Johns Churchyard Llanhennock Monmouthshire NP18 1LT
Received 4 Sept 2024Grove View Bully Hole Road Earlswood Shirenewton Monmouthshire NP16 6SA
Received 4 Sept 2024The Rectory Grosmont Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 8LW
Received 5 Sept 2024Little Cross Cottage Little Cross Farm Croes-bychan-bach Bryngwyn Monmouthshire NP15 2AF
Received 5 Sept 20241 Oxford Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5PQ
Received 5 Sept 202428 North Street Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7EA
Received 6 Sept 2024Land At Severn Bridge Industrial Estate Pill Row Caldicot Monmouthshire
Received 6 Sept 2024Unit 4 Holman House 36 - 38 Newport Road Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 4BQ
Received 9 Sept 2024Land Off Well Lane For Development Of 15 Houses Cwm Fagor Road Devauden Monmouthshire
Received 9 Sept 20249 St James' Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3DL
Received 9 Sept 202420 High Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5LQ
Received 9 Sept 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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