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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
14,149 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field To West Of Ty Nesa Clyro Hereford Powys
Received 5 May 2025Land Adjacent To Fir House Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AH
Received 9 Jul 2025School Room Cottage Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8BB
Received 27 Feb 2025Powis Castle Estate Red Lane Powis Castle Welshpool SY21 8RF
Received 17 Apr 2025Land At Pentwyn Farm Llanbister Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UT
Received 26 Nov 2025Powis Castle Estate Red Lane Powis Castle Welshpool SY21 8RF
Received 4 Nov 2025Beaumonts Barn Bwlch-y-plain Knighton Powys LD7 1RE
Received 13 Feb 2025Efail Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6JW
Received 5 Dec 2024The Heath Presteigne Powys LD8 2HG
Received 15 Sept 2025Ty Brith Meifod Powys SY22 6YG
Received 5 Mar 2024Land At Lime Kiln Cottage Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 9JP
Received 20 Jan 2025Rose Villa Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 8 Feb 2024Kings Nurseries Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RT
Received 18 Mar 2025Ty Celyn The Hall Abbeycwmhir Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6PH
Received 11 Mar 2025Cefn Cleisiog Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JE
Received 23 Jan 2025Madryn Llawr-y-glyn Caersws Powys SY17 5RH
Received 23 Nov 2022Ty Capel Abercegir Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NR
Received 13 Dec 2022Hen Stablau Tanrallt Road Machynlleth Powys SY20 8HZ
Received 14 Dec 2022Rallt Carno Caersws SY17 5JX
Received 17 Jan 202328 Llanllwchaiarn Road Newtown Powys SY16 2JN
Received 2 May 2023Unit 6 Severnside Centre 26 - 27 Shortbridge Street Newtown Powys SY16 2LR
Received 6 Jul 20234 Nant-Y-Felin Three Cocks Brecon LD3 0SJ
Received 15 Feb 202328 Llanllwchaiarn Road Newtown Powys SY16 2JN
Received 2 May 2023Wernllwyd Berriew Welshpool SY21 8AA
Received 14 Apr 2025Records 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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