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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 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1,111 approved · 276 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 Queens Hill Crescent Newport NP20 5HG
Received 17 Dec 2025Land West Of Newport RSPCA Animal Centre Hartridge Farm Road Newport South Wales
Received 17 Dec 2025Newport Export Packing Queens Hill Newport NP20 5HJ
Received 17 Dec 20255 Highfield Close Caerleon Newport NP18 3DW
Received 17 Dec 2025Alma House Lighthouse Road Newport NP10 8TG
Received 17 Dec 2025262 Corporation Road Newport NP19 0DZ
Received 17 Dec 202520 Ronald Road Newport South Wales NP19 7GE
Received 18 Dec 2025236 Cromwell Road Newport NP19 0HS
Received 18 Dec 2025Llanwern Works Queensway Llanwern Newport South Wales NP19 4QZ
Received 18 Dec 2025Bettws Library And Information Centre 41 Bettws Shopping Centre Bettws Newport South Wales NP20 7TN
Received 19 Dec 20252 Ridgeway Hill Newport NP20 5DG
Received 19 Dec 2025University Of Wales College Newport College Crescent Caerleon Newport South Wales
Received 19 Dec 2025Duffryn Shopping Centre, Unit 6 Tredegar House Drive Newport NP10 8TE
Received 22 Dec 202514 Hollybush Walk Bassaleg Newport NP10 8PB
Received 22 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 139 Commercial Road Newport South Wales
Received 22 Dec 2025Land Adjacent To 139 Commercial Road Newport South Wales
Received 22 Dec 20251 Monks Ditch Drive Indurent Park Newport South Wales NP19 4RH
Received 22 Dec 202578 Caerau Road Newport NP20 4HJ
Received 23 Dec 2025Caerleon House Cleppa Park Coedkernew Newport South Wales NP10 8BA
Received 23 Dec 2025Newport Cricket Club Spytty Boulevard Newport International Sport Village Newport NP19 4RA
Received 24 Dec 2025Cedar House Goldcroft Common Caerleon Newport NP18 1NG
Received 27 Dec 2025Iglesia Ni Cristo Llanthewy Road Newport NP20 4LA
Received 27 Dec 2025Iglesia Ni Cristo Llanthewy Road Newport NP20 4LA
Received 27 Dec 2025Iglesia Ni Cristo Llanthewy Road Newport NP20 4LA
Received 27 Dec 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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