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1,111 approved · 276 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 Ruskin Avenue Rogerstone Newport NP10 0AB
Received 10 Feb 2026270 Mill Heath Bettws Newport South Wales NP20 7RD
Received 9 Feb 2026Gwent Car Sales Crawford Street Newport NP19 7AY
Received 10 Feb 2026Duffryn Shopping Centre, Unit 6 Tredegar House Drive Newport NP10 8TE
Received 10 Feb 2026University Of Wales College Newport College Crescent Caerleon Newport South Wales
Received 10 Feb 202611 Vancouver Drive Newport NP20 3QT
Received 11 Feb 2026Civic Centre Godfrey Road Newport NP20 4UR
Received 11 Feb 202612 Devon Place Newport South Wales NP20 4NN
Received 11 Feb 2026100 Somerton Road Newport South Wales NP19 0JX
Received 12 Feb 2026Land On The South West Side Of East Dock Road Newport South Wales
Received 12 Feb 20265 Eveswell Park Road Newport NP19 8GS
Received 13 Feb 2026Llanwern Works Queensway Llanwern Newport South Wales NP19 4QZ
Received 13 Feb 202662 Deepwater Drive Newport NP19 4ER
Received 13 Feb 20265 Church Crescent Coedkernew Newport NP10 8TT
Received 13 Feb 2026Halfway Garage Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8UF
Received 13 Feb 20261 Oakfield Gardens Newport NP20 4NJ
Received 6 Apr 202670 Orchard Street Newport South Wales NP19 7DL
Received 12 Feb 2026Somerton Primary School Hawthorne Fosse Newport South Wales NP19 9AB
Received 13 Feb 20264 Hoelion Grove Rogerstone Newport NP10 9PF
Received 16 Feb 2026Land And Building Forming Part Of Former Robert Price Transport Yard Corporation Road Newport South Wales
Received 16 Feb 2026Harlech Retail Park Cardiff Road Newport NP20 3BA
Received 16 Feb 20261 Harlech Retail Park Cardiff Road Newport NP20 3BA
Received 17 Feb 202623 Broadwood Close Newport NP19 9LR
Received 17 Feb 202634 Grove Park Drive Newport NP20 6YE
Received 17 Feb 2026Records 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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