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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
14,452 approved · 1,442 refused · 1,472 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Church Street Knighton LD7 1AG
Received 14 Jul 2023Trewern Cottage Trewern Welshpool Powys SY21 8EB
Received 4 Jun 2021The View Luxury Glamping Land Adjacent To Cefn Derw Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8LZ
Received 12 May 2023Land At Sandiacre Middletown Welshpool Powys SY21 8DA
Received 25 May 2023The View Luxury Glamping Land Adjacent To Cefn Derw Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8LZ
Received 1 May 2023Westbourne Greenlands Lane Caersws SY17 5EZ
Received 26 Jun 2019Sunlea The Bank Newtown Powys SY16 2AA
Received 29 May 2019Land Adjacent To The Rectory Old Kerry Road Newtown Powys SY16 1BP
Received 8 Mar 2018Hillside Stables Heldre Buttington SY21 8TE
Received 4 Feb 2021Brondeg & Bronhaul Upper Dolfor Road Newtown Powys SY16 3AB
Received 9 Apr 2019Rose Lea Bryn Gardens Newtown Powys SY16 2DR
Received 8 Mar 2019Mellowcroft Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UF
Received 13 May 2021Land Adjacent To Rhosllyn Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 31 Mar 2021Felindre 19 Gungrog Hill Welshpool Powys SY21 7TJ
Received 20 Jul 2021Land Adjoining The Barbican Cilcenydd Forden Welshpool SY21 8RY
Received 27 Jul 2022Land Near To Hill Farm Bwlch-Y-Ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3HY
Received 31 Jan 2019Land At Sofl Ceirch Caersws Powys SY17 5DQ
Received 17 Dec 2018Land At Fingerpost Tregynon Newtown SY16 3BW
Received 21 Feb 2019Land At West Street Knighton Powys LD7 1EN
Received 1 Jun 2023Land East Of Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 25 Jan 2023Sutton Montgomery Powys SY15 6HJ
Received 20 Mar 2023Abergwenlas Farm Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Wells LD1 6YA
Received 18 Aug 2022Pontrhydyfen Llandeilo Graban Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SJ
Received 15 Jul 2024Hafan Pant-y-dwr Rhayader Powys LD6 5LW
Received 23 Jul 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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