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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.
9,593 approved · 321 refused · 426 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jun 2008 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Patch Elms Road Raglan Monmouthshire
Received 20 Mar 2025Castle Vale 28 Porthycarne Street Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1RZ
Received 20 Mar 2025Belgrave House 81 A Brecon Road Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7RU
Received 20 Mar 202512 Charles Road Dingestow Monmouthshire NP25 4BY
Received 21 Mar 2025Cantref Court Brecon Road Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7AX
Received 21 Mar 2025Elmhurst Linden Avenue Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 7DF
Received 21 Mar 2025Field To Eastern Side Of Llanfecha Road North Out Of Llandenny Village. Proposed New Access At Northern Boundary.
Received 21 Mar 2025Abergavenny Market Cafe Abergavenny Town And Market Hall Cross Street Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5EH
Received 24 Mar 202537 Green Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5DP
Received 24 Mar 2025Church House Church Lane St Arvans Monmouthshire NP16 6EU
Received 24 Mar 20259 Gwentlands Close Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5JH
Received 24 Mar 2025Cold Harbour Farm Usk Road Gwehelog Monmouthshire NP15 1RD
Received 24 Mar 2025Awen Barns Old Ross Road Llanvetherine To Treadam Llanvetherine Monmouthshire
Received 25 Mar 2025The Wild Hare Forge Road Tintern Monmouthshire NP16 6SF
Received 25 Mar 2025Flat 3 8A Wesley Buildings Woodstock Way Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 5DB
Received 26 Mar 2025Millbrook House 51 Maryport Street Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1AF
Received 26 Mar 202511 Maple Avenue Bulwark Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5RG
Received 27 Mar 2025Whitebrook Farm Bully Hole Road Earlswood Shirenewton Monmouthshire NP16 6SA
Received 27 Mar 2025The Forge Forge Gardens St Arvans Monmouthshire NP16 6EJ
Received 27 Mar 202542 Bulwark Road Bulwark Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5JN
Received 27 Mar 2025Crick Farm Penygarn Road Penallt Monmouthshire NP25 4RP
Received 27 Mar 2025Westgate Gardens Merthyr Road Abergavenny NP7 5DF
Received 28 Mar 202522 Merton Green Caerwent NP26 5AT
Received 28 Mar 20259 Ashgrove Llanellen NP7 9HP
Received 28 Mar 2025Records 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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