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.
6,656 approved · 461 refused · 542 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 High Street Inferior Brecon LD3 7AG
Received Not publishedCamp Ground Field Racquets Farm Wyecliff Hay-on-Wye Hereford HR3 5RS
Received Not publishedLand At Coetgaellwyn Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2UT
Received Not publishedForest Mountain Bungalow Coal Pit Road Fforest Coalpit NP7 7LL
Received Not publishedRowan Cottage Hillside Llangattock NP8 1LH
Received Not publishedLand On Slope Adjacent To Vaynor Road Vaynor Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2TU
Received Not publishedOld Vicarage Gorllewyn Fawr Road Myddfai Llandovery SA20 0JE
Received Not publishedRoyal Oak Camp Llangorse Brecon LD3 7TR
Received Not publishedGilfach Llanddeusant Llangadog Carmarthenshire SA19 9EY
Received Not publishedRed Cow Inn Pontsticill Reservoir Road Pontsticill Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2UN
Received Not publishedOld Wood House Llangattock Crickhowell Powys NP8 1HS
Received Not publishedTy'r Philip-Evan Farm Hillside Llangattock NP8 1LF
Received Not publishedLand To Rear Of Maescelyn Hawthorn Lane Brecon LD3 7NL
Received Not publishedLACAS- Llangattock Allotments The Legar Field Hillside Road Llangattock Crickhowell Powys NP8
Received Not publishedLand South West Of Noyadd Llwyd Cwmyoy Monmouthshire NP7 7NB
Received Not publishedLand South West Of Noyadd Llwyd Cwmyoy Monmouthshire NP7 7NB
Received Not published28 High Street Crickhowell NP8 1BE
Received Not publishedHigh Trees Tyrewen Lane Llwyn Du Abergavenny NP7 7HU
Received Not publishedLlyn-y-Fan Fach Reservoir Dam Llanddeusant Llangadog Carmarthenshire
Received Not publishedLletty Forge Barn Llandyfan Ammanford Carmarthenshire SA18 2UB
Received Not publishedCarreg Range Former Cincoed Quarry Llandyfan Ammanford Carmarthenshire SA18 2TU
Received Not publishedStables Wellbeing Trap Llandeilo SA19 6TT
Received Not publishedPenrhadw Farm Vaynor Road Pontsticill Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2TU
Received Not publishedTyr Y Prior Cray Brecon LD3 8YN
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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