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.
5,849 approved · 409 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 St Marys Road Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5EB
Received Not publishedBrecon Rugby Ground Clubhouse Parc-de-Pugh Brecon Powys LD3 7HH
Received Not publishedExisting Storage Building Cwmwysg Trecastle Brecon Powys LD3 8YF
Received Not publishedTalybont Outdoor Pursuits Centre Station Road Talybont On Usk LD3 7JE
Received Not publishedTalybont Outdoor Pursuits Centre Station Road Talybont On Usk LD3 7JE
Received Not publishedYsgol Thomas Stephens Pont Nedd Fechan Neath Powys SA11 5UW
Received Not publishedYsgubor Newydd Farm Llanbedr Road Crickhowell Powys NP8 1SP
Received Not published16 Pen-Y-Bryn Brecon LD3 7RN
Received Not publishedGlenside Abergavenny Road Gilwern NP7 0AB
Received Not publishedThe Corn Exchange Unit 2 54 High Street Crickhowell Powys NP8 1BH
Received Not publishedPorthllyn Brecon Road Crickhowell NP8 1AT
Received Not publishedPorthllyn Brecon Road Crickhowell NP8 1AT
Received Not publishedBrecon Beacons Mountain Centre Visitors Centre Libanus Brecon LD3 8ER
Received Not publishedCemetery Hay-On-Wye Hereford Powys
Received Not publishedRhydywernen Farm Libanus Brecon LD3 8EH
Received Not publishedBarn Cottage Halfway Llandovery SA20 0SF
Received Not publishedCrickie Farm Llangorse Brecon LD3 7TU
Received Not publishedBrynglessy Plantation Llanigon HR3 5QD
Received Not publishedBancyfedwen Bethlehem Llandeilo SA19 6YH
Received Not publishedGlannant Crickhowell Powys NP8 1DL
Received Not publishedGlannant Crickhowell Powys NP8 1DL
Received Not published48 Coedwaunger Sennybridge Brecon LD3 8TR
Received Not publishedPendarren House OEC Llangenny Crickhowell Powys NP8 1HE
Received Not publishedHay Castle Oxford Road Hay-On-Wye Powys HR3 5DG
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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