Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 Newport City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,111 approved · 276 refused · 43 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Aug 2022 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Llanwern Village Development Site Phase 5 Cot Hill Llanwern Newport NP18 2EJ
Received 4 Aug 2025174 Cardiff Road Newport NP20 3AE
Received 5 Aug 202520 Ridgeway Newport NP20 5AF
Received 6 Aug 202520 Ridgeway Newport NP20 5AF
Received 6 Aug 2025St Omer Lodge Road Caerleon Newport NP18 3QX
Received 6 Aug 202511A Commercial Road Newport NP20 2PA
Received 6 Aug 202519 Channel View Bassaleg Newport NP10 8NZ
Received 7 Aug 202515 Excalibur Drive Newport South Wales NP20 2QQ
Received 6 Aug 2025Castle Farm Bishton Road Bishton Newport NP18 2DZ
Received 8 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To And South Of Matalan Newport Retail Park Spytty Road Newport South Wales
Received 8 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To And South Of Matalan Newport Retail Park Spytty Road Newport South Wales
Received 8 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To And South Of Matalan Newport Retail Park Spytty Road Newport South Wales
Received 8 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To And South Of Matalan Newport Retail Park Spytty Road Newport South Wales
Received 8 Aug 202578 Brynglas Drive Newport NP20 5QS
Received 8 Aug 20251 Hillview Crescent Newport NP19 4NT
Received 11 Aug 202516-18 Cambrian Road Newport NP20 4AB
Received 12 Aug 202525 Caerphilly Road Newport NP10 8LF
Received 12 Aug 202519 St Mary Street Newport NP20 4DG
Received 12 Aug 2025Llanwern Works Queensway Llanwern Newport NP19 4QZ
Received 12 Aug 2025Tanglewood Tregarn Road Langstone Newport NP18 2JS
Received 12 Aug 2025Pen Y Groes, Mobile Home Penylan Road Bassaleg Newport NP10 8RW
Received 12 Aug 2025Land North Of Eastern Dry Dock Birdport Ltd - Cargo Depot Corporation Road Newport South Wales
Received 12 Aug 2025Silver Birches Wentwood Road Penhow Newport NP26 3AE
Received 12 Aug 202530 Penylan Close Bassaleg Newport NP10 8NW
Received 13 Aug 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 Newport City 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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