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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.
6,489 approved · 451 refused · 530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Mynydd Maen, Between Newbridge And Cwmbran
Received Not publishedLand At Cilwych Farm Llanspyddid Brecon Powys LD3 8NS
Received Not publishedPont Ar Daf Car Park Libanus Brecon LD3 8NL
Received Not publishedPlot 2 Cambrian Close Brecon LD3 7BF
Received Not publishedThe Bell Bell Bank Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5AG
Received Not publishedField In Front Of Swn Yr Adar Tirmawr Trallong Brecon Powys
Received Not publishedTy-Eos-Y-Coed Pen-Groes-Oped Road Upper Llanover Llanover NP7 9EL
Received Not publishedOutbuilding At 2/3 Bank Cottages, Ystradgynlais, Swansea Powys SA9 1RY
Received Not publishedPen Y Worlod Stables Merthyr Road Llanfoist Monmouthshire NP7 9LR
Received Not publishedLand East Of Llanhilleth, Aberbeeg, And Six Bells And West Of Pontnewynydd. Mynydd Llanhilleth
Received Not publishedMountain Vista Blaenavon Road Govilon NP7 9NY
Received Not publishedCaptains Walk Brecon Powys LD3 7DS
Received Not publishedPartishow Hill Llanbedr Crickhowell NP8 1TA
Received Not publishedYsgubornewydd Ffrwdgrech Brecon Powys LD3 8LE
Received Not publishedCottage 1 Land To Rear Old School Bethlehem Llandeilo Carmarthenshire SA19 6YL
Received Not publishedLand North Of Penlan Playing Fields Brecon Powys
Received Not published5 Taf Fechan Houses Pontsticill Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2UW
Received Not publishedRock Cottage Coed-Y-Gerig Lane Cwmyoy NP7 7NR
Received Not publishedLlyn-y-Fan Fach Reservoir Dam Llanddeusant Llangadog Carmarthenshire
Received Not publishedPandy Caravan Club Site Longtown Road Pandy NP7 8DR
Received Not publishedTrebinshwn Study Centre Llangasty Tal-Y-Llyn Brecon LD3 7PX
Received Not publishedCastle Barn Castle Road Llangynidr Crickhowell Powys NP8 1NG
Received Not publishedTrawsnant Cantref Brecon LD3 8LN
Received Not publishedTy Hir School Lane Gilwern NP7 0AT
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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