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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
14,495 approved · 1,445 refused · 1,475 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Oaklands Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NA
Received 2 Jan 2020Land At Great Brithdir Old Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6EH
Received 28 Oct 2019Porth Maen Tregynon Newtown SY16 3PF
Received 19 Jan 2020Land Adj Nant Y Waen Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6NR
Received 7 Jul 2020Development Of Up To Five Dwellings Forden Welshpool Powys
Received 29 Jul 2020The Lion Hotel Llandinam Powys SY17 5NY
Received 6 Jan 2020Caebryn Bwlch-Y-Ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3HZ
Received 16 Oct 2019Store Rear Of Ivycroft Lower Canal Road Newtown Powys SY16 2HY
Received 7 Feb 2020Land At Honeysuckle Cottage Upper Gwestydd Lane Cefn Mawr Newtown SY16 3LA
Received 3 Jan 2020Rock House Bwlch-y-ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3HX
Received 16 Jan 2020Heather Brae Milford Road Newtown Powys SY16 2EQ
Received 27 Feb 2020Brondeg & Bronhaul Upper Dolfor Road Newtown SY16 3AB
Received 2 Jan 2020Land At Bryn Perthy Ardleen Llanymynech Powys
Received 13 Mar 2020Plas Coch Cefn Coch Welshpool Powys SY21 0AE
Received 13 Mar 2020Land Adjacent West Of Penyfoel Farm Middletown Welshpool Powys SY21 8DG
Received 3 Apr 2023Ivy House Middletown Welshpool SY21 8EL
Received 12 Dec 2022Ivy House Middletown Welshpool Powys SY21 8EL
Received 12 Dec 2022Land At West Street West Street Knighton Powys
Received 24 Jul 2023Nant Y Waen Llanmerewig Powys SY15 6NR
Received 30 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To Cae Brynderwen Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6JP
Received 24 Jun 2021Land Off Old Market Meadows Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5US
Received 28 Oct 2020Plot Opposite The Post Office Beulah Llanwrtyd Wells Powys
Received 16 Oct 2020Land At Erw Las Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8LZ
Received 17 Dec 2021Bridge Cottage Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NR
Received 9 Jul 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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