The Council submitted the Replacement Local Development Plan and associated documents to the Welsh Government and Planning Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) for examination, under section 64(1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on 7th November 2025. For further detail please view the Notice of Submission.
The RLDP submission documents are listed below and are categorised by the following groups. A full RLDP submission documents list can be viewed here with hyperlinks to navigate to each document.
Key RLDP Documents
SD1 Adopted LDP Review Report (March 2018)
SD2 RLDP Revised Delivery Agreement (October 2024)
SD3 Issues, Vision and Objectives Paper (Updated September 2024)
SD4 Growth and Spatial Options Paper (September 2022)
SD5 Preferred Strategy (December 2022)
SD5a Preferred Strategy – Summary (December 2022)
SD6 Preferred Strategy Update (September 2023)
SD6a Preferred Strategy Update – Summary (September 2023)
SD7 Initial Consultation Report (2024)
SD8 Deposit Replacement Local Development Plan – Written Statement (October 2024)
SD8a Deposit Replacement Local Development Plan – Summary (October 2024)
SD10 Deposit Replacement Local Development Plan – Proposals Map (October 2024)
SD12 Deposit RLDP Inset Maps (October 2024)
SD13 Deposit RLDP Inset Maps (as amended – proposed submission version, October 2025)
SD14 Deposit RLDP Constraints Map (October 2024)
SD15 Deposit RLDP Constraints Map As Amended (October 2025)
SD16 Deposit RLDP Schedule of Minor Changes (October 2025)
SD17 Preliminary Questions Statement (October 2025)
SD18 Self-Assessment of the Deposit Plan against the Tests of Soundness (October 2024)
SD19 Habitats Regulations Assessment Initial Screening Report (December 2018)
SD21 Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Monmouthshire RLDP Deposit Plan (September 2024)
SD23 Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Scoping Report (December 2018)
SD24 Integrated Sustainability Appraisal (ISA) Initial ISA Report (November 2022)
SD25 Initial ISA Appendix 1: Review of Plans, Policies, Programs and Strategies (November 2022)
SD26 Initial ISA Appendix 2: Baseline Data for Monmouthshire (November 2022)
SD27 Initial ISA Non-Technical Summary (November 2022)
SD29 ISA Non-Technical Summary (September 2025)
SD30 ISA Technical Annex – Candidate Site Assessment (updated September 2025)
Deposit RLDP Consultation Report
SD31 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report (October 2025)
SD32 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Representation Responses Guidance Note
SD33 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 1 Key Issues Challenges and Opportunities
SD34 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 2 RLDP Strategic Framework
SD35 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 3 Sustainable Placemaking And Design
SD36 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 4 Climate Change
SD37 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 5 Green Infrastructure Landscape Nature Recovery
SD38 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 6 Infrastructure
SD39 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 7 New Housing
SD40 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 8 Affordable Housing
SD41 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 9a Residential Allocations S8 & HA1 to HA2
SD42 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 9b Residential Allocations HA3
SD43 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 9c Residential Allocations HA4
SD45 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 10 Gypsy and Travellers
SD46 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 11 Employment and Economy
SD47 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 12 Visitor Economy
SD48 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 13 Sustainable Transport
SD49 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 14 Retail and Commercial Centres
SD50 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 15 Community Infrastructure
SD51 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 16 Minerals and Waste
SD52 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 17 Monitoring and Appendices
SD53 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 18 Alternative Sites
SD54 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 19 Maps and General Representations
SD55 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 20 HRA & ISA
SD56 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 21 Background Papers
SD57 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 22 Soundness
SD58 Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 23 Welsh Language
SD58a Deposit RLDP Consultation Report App 12 – Vol 24 Addendum – Additional Postal Representations
Deposit RLDP Representations Register
SD59 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Guidance & Index
SD60 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 1 – Private Individuals
SD61 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 2 – Private Individuals
SD62 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 3 – Private Individuals
SD63 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 4 – Private Individuals
SD64 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 5 – Private Individuals
SD65 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 6 – Private Individuals
SD66 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 7 – Private Individuals
SD67 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 8 – Private Individuals
SD68 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 9 – Private Individuals
SD69 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 10 – Private Individuals
SD70 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 11 – Private Individuals
SD71 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 12 – Private Individuals
SD72 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 13 – Private Individuals
SD73 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 14 – Private Individuals
SD74 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 15 – Private Individuals
SD75 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 16 – Private Individuals
SD76 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 17 – Private Individuals
SD76a Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 17a – Private Individuals
SD77 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 18 – Petitions
SD78 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 19 – Site Promoters & Developers
SD79 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 20 – Site Promoters & Developers
SD80 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 21 – Other Stakeholders
SD81 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 22 – Organisation
SD82 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 23 – County Councillor
SD83 Deposit RLDP Representations Register Vol 24 – Statutory Consultee
Evidence Base and Background Papers
SD84 Affordable Housing Transfer Values Revised Approach (April 2025)
SD85 Local Housing Market Assessment Refresh 2022-2037 (May 2024)
SD86 Preliminary Viability Report (September 2024)
SD87 Addendum Update to 2024 Preliminary Viability Report (July 2025)
SD88 Economies of the Future – Economic Baseline Report (March 2018)
SD89 Economies of the Future Analysis – Strategic Directions Report (October 2018)
SD90 Economy, Employment and Skills Strategy (EESS) (2023)
SD91 Employment Land Background Paper (October 2025)
SD92 Employment Land Review (November 2022)
SD93 Inward Investment Prospectus 2020: Growing your Business in Monmouthshire (2021)
SD94 Monmouthshire 2040: Economic Growth and Ambition Statement (November 2019)
SD95 Regional Assessment of Future Growth and Migration for the Cardiff Capital Region (May 2024)
SD97 Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment (SFCA) Stage 1 Report (November 2022)
SD98 Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment App F1 – Monmouthshire November 2022)
SD99 Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment Candidate Sites Screening (November 2022)
SD100 Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment Stage 2 Report (2025)
SD100a Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment Stage 2 Report – Appendix A Flood Mapping (2025)
SD100b Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment Stage 2 Report – Appendix B Site Appraisals (2025)
SD101 Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (January 2021)
SD102 Gypsy and Traveller Background Paper (October 2024)
SD103 Housing Background Paper (updated October 2025)
SD104 Infrastructure Delivery Plan Background Paper (Updated October 2025)
SD137 Minerals Background Paper (Updated October 2025)
SD138 Green Infrastructure Strategy Executive Summary (April 2024)
SD139 Green Infrastructure Strategy Volume 1 (April 2024)
SD140 Green Infrastructure Strategy Volume 2 (April 2024)
SD141 Local Nature Recovery Action Plan (2025)
SD142 Areas of Amenity Importance Review (Updated October 2025)
SD143 Open Space Study (updated October 2025)
SD144 Severn Estuary Recreation Mitigation Strategy (October 2025)
SD145 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment Main Report (October 2020)
SD146 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment (October 2020) – Non technical Summary
SD147 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment Appendices (October 2020)
SD148 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment References (October 2020)
SD149 Renewable Energy Background Paper (October 2024)
SD150 Town Centre & Retail Study (February 2024)
SD151 Retail Boundary Review (October 2025)
SD152 Retail Background Paper (October 2025)
SD153 Green Wedge Method Statement (March 2024)
SD154 Green Wedge Assessment (March 2024)
SD155 Green Wedge Review: RLDP Green Wedge Designations (2025)
SD156 Green Belt: MCC’s Letter to Minister (September 2019)
SD157 Green Belt: Minister’s Response Letter (October 2019)
SD158 RLDP Updated Demographic Evidence Report (November 2021)
SD159 Settlement Boundary Review (updated Oct 2025)
SD160 Sustainable Settlement Appraisal (Dec 2022)
SD161 Sustainable Settlement Appraisal – Settlement Profiles (Dec 2022)
SD162 Local Transport Strategy 2024-2029 (2024)
SD163 Strategic Transport Assessment Non Technical Report (June 2024)
SD164 Strategic Transport Assessment Appendix A Technical Note (June 2024)
SD165 Taking Monmouthshire Forward – Community and Corporate Plan 2022 – 2028 (April 2023)
SD206 Climate and Nature Emergency Strategy (May 2024)
Landscape Sensitivity Study Update 2020
SD105 Landscape Sensitivity Study Update (White Consultants, October 2020)
SD106 Abergavenny & Llanfoist Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD107 Abergavenny & Llanfoist LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD108 Caerwent Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD109 Caerwent LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD110 Caldicot Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD111 Caldicot LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD112 Chepstow Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD113 Chepstow LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD114 Crick Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD115 Crick LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD116 Llanellen LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD117 Magor Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD118 Magor LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD119 Monmouth Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD120 Monmouth LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD121 Mount Ballan Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD122 Mount Ballan LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD123 Penperlleni Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD124 Penperlleni LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD125 Portskewett Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD126 Portskewett LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD127 Raglan Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD128 Raglan LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD129 Rogiet Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD130 Rogiet LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD131 St Brides Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD132 St Brides LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD133 Sudbrook Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
SD134 Sudbrook LLCAs Assessment (October 2020)
SD135 Usk Candidate Sites Landscape Sensitivity Assessment (October 2020)
Site Allocations Information
Candidate Sites Information
SD177 Candidate Site Assessment Methodology Background Paper (updated July 2023)
SD178 High-level Assessment of Candidate Sites (July 2023)
SD179 Candidate Sites Assessment Report (updated October 2025)
SD180 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Abergavenny & Llanfoist
SD181 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Chepstow
SD182 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Monmouth
SD183 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Severnside
SD184 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Penperlleni
SD185 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Raglan
SD186 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Usk
SD187 Candidate Sites Assessment Proformas – Rural General
Candidate Sites Register July 2023
SD166 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Introduction
SD167 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Abergavenny & Llanfoist
SD168 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Chepstow
SD169 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Monmouth & Wyesham
SD170 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Severnside
SD171 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Penperlleni
SD172 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Raglan
SD173 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Usk
SD174 Candidate Sites Register (July 2023) Rural General
National and Regional Planning Guidance
NRPG1 Planning Policy Wales (Edition 12)
NRPG2 Development Plans Manual Edition 3 (March 2020)
NRPG3 Future Wales: The National Plan 2040
NRPG4 Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
NRPG5 The Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP) (November 2019)
NRPG6 Welsh Government Circular 005/2018: Planning for Gypsy, Traveller and Showpeople Sites
NRPG7 Gwent PSB Well-being Plan (August 2023)
NRPG8 Technical Advice Note (MTAN) 1: Aggregate (March 2004) (MTAN1)
NRPG9 Minerals Technical Advice Note (MTAN) Wales 2 Coal (January 2009)
NRPG10 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 2: Planning and Affordable Housing (June 2006)
NRPG11 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 3: Simplified Planning Zones (November 1996)
NRPG12 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 4: Retail and Commercial Development (November 2016)
NRPG13 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 5: Nature Conservation and Planning (September 2009)
NRPG14 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 6: Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities (July 2010)
NRPG15 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 7: Outdoor Advertisement Control (November 1996)
NRPG16 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 10: Tree Preservation Orders (October 1997)
NRPG17 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 11: Noise (October 1997)
NRPG18 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 12: Design (March 2016)
NRPG19 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 13: Tourism (October 1997)
NRPG20 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 14: Coastal Planning (updated November 2021)
NRPG21 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 15: Development, Flooding and Coastal Erosion (March 2025)
NRPG22 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 16: Sport, Recreation and Open Space (January 2009)
NRPG23 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 18: Transport (March 2007)
NRPG24 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 20: Planning and the Welsh Language (October 2017)
NRPG25 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 21: Waste (updated February 2017)
NRPG26 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 23: Economic Development (February 2014)
NRPG27 Technical Advice Note (TAN) 24: The Historic Environment (May 2017)
NRPG29 Wye Valley AONB Management Plan 2021-2026
NRPG30 The Nature Recovery Action Plan (NRAP) for Wales 2020-21
NRPG31 The Greater Gwent Nature Recovery Action Plan (NRAP)
NRPG32 Gwent Levels Management Plan (February 2022)
NRPG33 Severn Estuary Shoreline Management Plan
NRPG34 Fields in Trust Standards: Creating Great Spaces for All (November 2024)
NRPG35 Placemaking Guide (2020) / Placemaking Charter Wales
NRPG36 Llwybr Newydd: Wales Transport Strategy 2021
NRPG37 Welsh Government Active Travel Act Guidance (July 2021)
NRPG38 South East Wales Transport Commission: Final Recommendations (November 2020)
NRPG39 Roads Review Report (February 2023)
NRPG40 Welcome to Wales: Priorities for the Visitor Economy 2020-2025
NRPG43 Welsh Government Clarification RTS2 Clarification Letter (11 November 2021)
NRPG44 Waste Planning Monitoring Report South East Wales April 2018-19 (Published 2020)
How Do I Stay Informed?
If you wish to be kept informed of the RLDP, including future consultations, please register your details or contact the Planning Policy Team.
- Email: planningpolicy@monmouthshire.gov.uk
- Tel: 01633 644429