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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1,111 approved · 276 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Melbourne Way Newport NP20 3RE
Received 25 Feb 202644 The Shires Marshfield Cardiff CF3 2AZ
Received 25 Feb 2026Atlas Elektronik Uk Ltd Meadows Road Newport NP19 4SS
Received 26 Feb 2026Unit 5 The Courtyard Imperial Park Coedkernew Newport South Wales NP10 8UL
Received 26 Feb 2026Unit 6 Afon Ebbw Road Rogerstone Newport South Wales NP10 9HZ
Received 27 Feb 202610 Summerhill Avenue Newport South Wales NP19 8FP
Received 26 Feb 202612 Farnaby Close Newport NP19 9PN
Received 27 Feb 2026118 Cae Perllan Road Newport NP20 3FT
Received 1 Mar 2026Melrose West Nash Road Nash Newport NP18 2BZ
Received 2 Mar 2026Property Known As Office 1 Third Floor Clarence House Clarence Place Newport South Wales NP19 7AA
Received 2 Mar 2026NEWHAUS Usk Way Newport South Wales
Received 3 Mar 2026Fairholme 15 St Mellons Road Marshfield Cardiff CF3 2TX
Received 3 Mar 202640-41 Commercial Street Newport NP20 1HP
Received 3 Mar 202640-41 Commercial Street Newport NP20 1HP
Received 3 Mar 20267 Caerphilly Close Rhiwderin Newport NP10 8RF
Received 3 Mar 202683 Commercial Street Newport NP20 1LR
Received 4 Mar 2026Tredegar House, Car Park Pencarn Way Duffryn Newport NP10 8TW
Received 4 Mar 2026Three Horseshoes 45 Pillmawr Road Newport NP20 6WG
Received 4 Mar 2026Ty Derwen Church Road Newport South Wales NP19 7EJ
Received 3 Mar 2026Land To Rear Of 31 - 33 Church Road Newport South Wales
Received 4 Mar 20262 Viaduct Close Bassaleg Newport NP10 8FT
Received 5 Mar 2026Henton Farm Henton Farm Road Goldcliff Newport South Wales NP18 2AT
Received 4 Mar 2026Oakfields Nurseries Lighthouse Road Newport NP10 8SF
Received 5 Mar 2026135 Goodrich Crescent Newport South Wales NP20 5PF
Received 4 Mar 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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