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 · National park authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,774 approved · 403 refused · 472 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
24 Crawshay Bailey Close Gilwern NP7 0AZ
Received Not publishedGreat Llwyn Gwyn Farm Old Hereford Road Abergavenny NP7 7LE
Received Not publishedGarwnant Coed Taff Forest Merthyr Tydfil Powys
Received Not publishedTir Awen Church Road Gilwern NP7 0HF
Received Not publishedPencaedrain Farm Dinas Terrace To Coed Wernhir Rhigos Aberdare SA11 5NF
Received Not publishedCwmberach Uchaf Llandeilo Road Garnant Ammanford SA18 2DZ
Received Not publishedStepaside Common Road Gilwern NP7 0DS
Received Not publishedBrecon Pupil Referral Unit Silver Street Llan-Faes Brecon LD3 8BL
Received Not publishedNew Forest Farm Hay-On-Wye HR3 5RL
Received Not publishedStable View Halt Road Rhigos Aberdare RCT CF44 9UN
Received Not publishedMerryfields Barn Ffawyddog Llangattock Crickhowell Powys NP8 1PY
Received Not publishedThe Mill Cottage The Square Talgarth LD3 0BW Brecon Powys LD3 0BW
Received Not published70 & 71 Watton Brecon LD3 7EL
Received Not published70 & 71 Watton Brecon LD3 7EL
Received Not publishedCwm Uchaf Farm Oak Lane Llanellen Monmouthshire NP7 9LD
Received Not publishedOakfield Croes Y Pant Lane Mamhilad NP4 8RE
Received Not published45 The Struet Brecon Powys LD3 7LW
Received Not publishedChurch House Llanwenarth Church Road Llanwenarth NP7 7EP
Received Not publishedLand Adjoining Llwyncytrych Farm Fields Glangrwyney Crickhowell Powys NP8 1EE
Received Not published2 Cae Meldon Gilwern Monmouthshire NP7 0AY
Received Not publishedPencroesffyrdd Farm Cray Brecon Powys LD3 8YU
Received Not publishedEsgair Faethgen Myddfai Llandovery Carmarthenshire SA20 0QE
Received Not published27 Lion Street Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5AD
Received Not publishedCwmclyn Uchaf Libanus Brecon LD3 8EP
Received Not publishedRecords 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 Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, 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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