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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1,111 approved · 276 refused · 43 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Felthorpe College Road Caerleon Newport South Wales NP18 3SP
Received 1 May 202632 Liswerry Road Newport NP19 4LB
Received 1 May 20266 Alexandra Road Newport South Wales NP20 2GY
Received 1 May 202623 Montgomery Road Newport NP20 6QE
Received 5 May 2026Land On The South West Side Of East Dock Road Newport South Wales
Received 5 May 2026Little Hunters Lodge Chepstow Road Newport NP26 3AD
Received 6 May 2026The Old Rectory Cardiff Road Newport South Wales NP10 8TY
Received 5 May 2026Sluice Farm Broadstreet Common Peterstone Wentlooge Cardiff CF3 2TN
Received 6 May 2026Site Of 21 St Mellons Road Marshfield Cardiff South Wales
Received 6 May 2026Plough House Druidstone Road Old St Mellons Cardiff CF3 6XD
Received 6 May 202635 Waterloo Road Newport NP20 4FP
Received 7 May 202628 Brynglas Road Newport NP20 5RZ
Received 7 May 202689 Gibbs Road Newport South Wales NP19 8AW
Received 11 May 2026Coach And Horses Newport Road Cardiff South Wales CF3 2UQ
Received 12 May 2026The Grove Bowdens Lane Penhow Newport NP26 3AA
Received 12 May 202624 Bala Drive Rogerstone Newport South Wales NP10 9HN
Received 10 May 202646 Caerau Road Newport NP20 4HH
Received 12 May 2026Tredegar Park Lodge Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8TF
Received 12 May 202648 Forge Close Caerleon Newport NP18 3PW
Received 12 May 2026Maindee Fire Station Eveswell Street Newport NP19 8EP
Received 12 May 2026Newport High School Bettws Lane Newport South Wales NP20 7YB
Received 12 May 2026St Helens Chapel Road Goldcliff Newport NP18 2AW
Received 13 May 2026Caerleon Comprehensive School Cold Bath Road Caerleon Newport South Wales NP18 1NF
Received 13 May 2026Streethub Unit On Footpath Outside Monmouthshire House John Frost Square Newport South Wales
Received 14 May 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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