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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 Monmouthshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Monmouthshire website
11,043 approved · 381 refused · 499 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Nov 1975 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Cottages, Church Lane, Llansoy, Monmouthshire
Received 12 Dec 2016St James House Boarding Complex (Monmouth School), 10 - 12 St James Square, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3DN
Received 7 Dec 2015The Onen Hall, Tal Y Coed
Received 13 Jan 2016Ynys Gobaith, Llandegveth, Monmouthshire, NP18 1HX
Received 19 Jan 2016Envee, 92 - 94 Monnow Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3EQ
Received 20 Nov 2015Courtyard House, 1, Mounton House Park Mounton Road, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6DF
Received 4 Jan 2018Pen Y Fal Chapel, Sycamore Avenue, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5LX
Received 22 Jan 2018Hill Farm, Pwllmeyric, Monmouthshire, NP16 6LA
Received 15 Aug 2016Parc Y Brain Farm Park Y Brain Lane Goytre Pont-y-pwl Sir Fynwy NP4 0BJ
Received 15 Aug 20161 Trewen Caerwent Caldicot NP26 5PA
Received 23 Jan 2018Pen Y Fal Chapel, Sycamore Avenue, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5LX
Received 22 Jan 2018Orchard Cottage, Maypole, Monmouthshire, NP25 5QH
Received 23 Jan 2018Longmeads, Red House Lane, Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, NP16 6RL
Received 22 Jan 2018The Old Shop Skenfrith Abergavenny NP7 8UH
Received 25 Jan 2018Bryn Teg Pen Y Parc To Onen Tal Y Coed Llantilio Crossenny NP7 8TL
Received 25 Jan 2018Monkswood Garage, Monkswood, Monmouthshire, NP15 1QB
Received 25 Jan 2018Land Adjacent To 47 Highfield Crescent Abergavenny Monmouthshire
Received 19 Jul 2017Lower Hardwick Hardwick Hill Chepstow NP16 5PT
Received 13 Jul 2017Wales 1 Business Park, Newport Road, Magor, Monmouthshire, NP25 3DG
Received 25 Jan 2018Lambourne, Manson Lane, Manson, Monmouthshire, NP25 5QZ
Received 25 Jul 201720 Crossway, Rogiet, Monmouthshire, NP26 3SH
Received 6 Jul 2017Land Known As Castle Meadows, Castle Meadows Park, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Received 29 Jul 2016Mounton House Park, Mounton Road, Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Received 13 Mar 2015Dewstow Manor, Dewstow Road, Caerwent, Monmouthshire, NP26 5AJ
Received 15 Jun 2016Records 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 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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