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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
14,404 approved · 1,441 refused · 1,470 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Bush Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3JL
Received 2 Oct 2019The Park Park Street Newtown Powys
Received 29 Jul 2019108 Garth Owen Newtown Powys SY16 1JW
Received 23 Jan 2019Residential Development At Church Farm Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NL
Received 5 Sept 201861 Bronybuckley Welshpool Powys SY21 7NH
Received 27 Jul 2018117 Brookfield Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7TG
Received 13 Jul 2018Sorrento Bettws Cedewain Newtown SY16 3DX
Received 10 Jun 2019109 Garth Owen Newtown SY16 1JP
Received 30 Jul 2019Land Off C2010 Cefn Mawr Newtown Powys SY16 3LF
Received 12 Jul 2019Wern To Aberhafesp Newtown SY16 3JH
Received 28 Nov 201813 Lon Helyg Newtown Powys SY16 1HY
Received 19 Jul 2019Sunlea The Bank Newtown Powys SY16 2AA
Received 29 May 201940 Hendidley Way Newtown SY16 2AL
Received 15 Apr 2019Land At Rock Farm Newtown Powys SY16 3BH
Received 6 Sept 2019Dyffryn Industrial Estate, Unit 5 Pool Road Newtown SY16 3BD
Received 14 Jun 201925 Maes Y Dafarn Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5NG
Received 15 Aug 2019The Ffaldau Waste Re-Cycling Centre Llandegley Llandrindod Wells LD1 5UD
Received 25 Nov 2025Unit C - Offas Dyke Business Park Fisher Road Buttington Welshpool SY21 8JF
Received 26 Aug 2025Ponderosa Sarnau Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QL
Received 27 Nov 2024Caer Beris Park Nantyrarian Road Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HH
Received 20 Jan 2025Caer Beris Holiday Estate Nantyrarian Road Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HH Powys
Received 20 Jan 2025Caer Beris Park Nantyrarian Road Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HH
Received 20 Jan 2025Caer Beris Park Nantyrarian Road Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HH
Received 20 Jan 2025Caer Beris Park Nantyrarian Road Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HH Powys
Received 20 Jan 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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