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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14,147 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Former Caerhowell Caravan Park Caerhowel Montgomery SY15 6HF
Received 1 Mar 2021Land Near To Upper Bryn Farm Abermule Newtown Powys SY15 6JW
Received 17 Mar 2021The Old Bakehouse 14 Church Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7DP
Received 10 Feb 2021Severn House Back Lane Criggion Shrewsbury SY5 9BE
Received 12 Mar 2021Fairdene Caerhowel Montgomery SY15 6HE
Received 13 Apr 2021Spar Shop 10A Broad Street Montgomery Powys SY15 6PN
Received 20 Jan 2021Lletty Maengwyn Abermule Montgomery SY15 6JJ
Received 6 Apr 2021Tre Llydiart Chirbury Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6QP
Received 29 Jan 2021Lower House Farm Manafon Welshpool SY21 8BJ
Received 3 Mar 2021Land At Glyn Cogan Barn Manafon Welshpool Powys SY21 8BJ
Received 20 Apr 2021Gwernowddy, Gwernowddy Old Farm House Hendre Lane Llandrinio Llanymynech SY22 6SF
Received 8 Feb 2021Little Penthryn Llandrinio Llanymynech SY22 6RR
Received 22 Feb 2021Yr Helyg Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DB
Received 27 Apr 2021Land Near The Old Malthouse Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RP
Received 18 Mar 2021Unit 18 The Fox Complex Severn Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7AZ
Received 13 Jan 2021Land Rear Of Lloyds Bank Broad Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7RT
Received 26 Jan 202124 Dolyfelin Welshpool SY21 7NB
Received 19 Jan 2021Land At The View Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6DT
Received 21 Jan 2021Development Of 3 Dwellings Adjoining Swan Bank Poolquay Welshpool Powys SY21 9JS
Received 5 Mar 202117 Berriew Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7SQ
Received 19 Mar 202123 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RN
Received 29 Apr 2021Lower Heldre Heldre Lane Buttington Welshpool SY21 8TD
Received 15 Apr 2021Camlad House Forden Welshpool SY21 8NZ
Received 29 Apr 20213 Cross Houses The Pound Montgomery Powys SY15 6QG
Received 30 Apr 2021Records 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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