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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 · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Powys County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Powys website
14,147 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jun 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Riverbank Cottage Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain SY22 6SU
Received 16 May 2024Hardings Shed & Garden Supplies Guilsfield Welshpool Powys
Received 16 Jan 2024New House Heyope Knighton LD7 1PN
Received 23 Jun 2025Proposed Slurry Tower 430 Metres East Northeast Of Hafod Selu Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9HA
Received 24 May 2024The Rhuvid Felindre Knighton LD7 1YT
Received 28 Nov 2025Pentwyn Llanbister Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UT
Received 28 Jul 2025Land North Of Chapel House Chapel House Farm Builth Wells LD2 3YR
Received 13 Oct 2025Coed Bryndyrnod Rhosferig Builth Wells LD2 3PT
Received 24 Dec 2024The Willows Builth Road Builth Wells LD2 3RP
Received 20 Oct 2025Poste House 32 High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 2 Jan 20252 Fold Cottages Broad Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AG
Received 12 Nov 2025Poste House 32 High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 2 Jan 202512 Penmaes Rhayader LD6 5PN
Received 23 Jan 202428 Wynfields Newtown SY16 1HD
Received 3 May 2023Ochr Y Foel Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DS
Received 21 Aug 2024Pinewood Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6SR
Received 25 Apr 2025Land At Lime Kiln Cottage Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 9JP
Received 25 Apr 2025Frostal New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2RD
Received 5 Jan 20262 Fold Cottages Broad Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AG
Received 19 Aug 2025Rose Villa Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 8 Feb 2024Maes Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6RS
Received 13 Jun 202333 Lant Avenue Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5EF
Received 19 May 2023Fronheulog Caravan Park Llanwddyn Oswestry SY10 0NN
Received 20 Jun 2024Rose Villa Meifod SY22 6BY
Received 6 Jun 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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 Powys County Council, 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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