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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 · 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.
6,423 approved · 447 refused · 527 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Lion Street Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5AD
Received Not publishedCourt Farm, The Caravan Church Road Llanthony NP7 7NN
Received Not publishedKiln Lodge Blaenavon Road Govilon Monmouthshire NP7 9NY
Received Not publishedLand Off A4069, Capel Gwynfe Llangadog Carmarthenshire SA19 9NY
Received Not publishedHighfield Gwynfe Road Ffairfach Llandeilo SA19 6YU
Received Not publishedPen Y Dre Farm Llanvihangel Crucorney NP7 8DH
Received Not publishedCroesfach Llanbedr Crickhowell NP8 1SU
Received Not published5 Y Scethrog Scethrog Brecon LD3 7EQ
Received Not publishedPenworlod Llanthony Abergavenny NP7 7NW
Received Not publishedLand Adj To Former Nant-y-Gwydon Landfill Site
Received Not publishedMaesycoed Mamhilad Pontypool Monmouthshire NP4 8RG
Received Not publishedTycanol Farm Llangenny Crickhowell NP8 1HF
Received Not publishedPandy Caravan Club Site Longtown Road Pandy NP7 8DR
Received Not publishedTycanol Farm Llangenny Crickhowell NP8 1HF
Received Not publishedLand At Tynewydd Wood Myddfai Llandovery Carmarthenshire SA20 0PX
Received Not publishedHenderson Hall Penpentre Talybont-On-Usk Brecon LD3 7YQ
Received Not publishedTy'r Criga Talybont-On-Usk Brecon Powys LD3 7JD
Received Not publishedLlyn-y-Fan Fach Reservoir Dam Llanddeusant Llangadog Carmarthenshire
Received Not publishedPlot 6 Ysgol Thomas Stephens Pont Nedd Fechan Neath SA11 5UW
Received Not published8 Newgate Street Llan-faes Brecon Powys LD3 8DN
Received Not publishedHeol Gerrig Cottage Tretower Crickhowell NP8 1RG
Received Not published10 St Davids Park Llanfaes Brecon Powys LD3 8EQ
Received Not publishedLand North Of Sunnybank Llanbedr Crickhowell Powys NP8 1SY
Received Not published7 Brookfields Crickhowell NP8 1DJ
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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