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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
14,515 approved · 1,446 refused · 1,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development 20 Meters North Of The Vicarage Glan Yr Afon Aberriw Welshpool Powys
Received 21 Jul 2020Y Gostrel Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RS
Received 20 May 2021Land At Former Awelfa Site Red Bank Welshpool Powys SY21 7PL
Received 11 Aug 2021Bryn Tirion Sale Lane Trewern Welshpool Powys SY21 8SY
Received 10 Aug 2021Land West Of Golfa Close Golfa Close Middletown Welshpool Powys
Received 19 Aug 2021Oakdale Llandinam Powys SY17 5AP
Received 6 Mar 2020Cwm Dail Newtown Powys SY16 4JS
Received 3 Apr 2020Dyffryn Industrial Estate, Unit 5 Pool Road Newtown SY16 3BD
Received 8 Apr 2020Cledan Valley Tipis Carno Caersws SY17 5JS
Received 31 Jan 2020Tyn Y Llan Cefn Coch Y Trallwng Powys SY21 0AG
Received 19 Nov 2019Tan-Y-Coed Oakley Park Llanidloes SY18 6LW
Received 3 Apr 2020Oak Farm Criggion Lane Tre-wern Welshpool Powys SY5 9AU
Received 13 Mar 2020Orchard Corner Dental Surgery Ffrydd Road Knighton LD7 1DB
Received 13 Jul 2020Hanbury Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AT
Received 3 Jul 2020The Meadows Hatfield Meadows Knighton Powys LD7 1RY
Received 1 Jul 2020Rhos Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Powys LD1 6YN
Received 15 May 2020Taigwynion Clatter Caersws SY17 5NR
Received 7 Feb 2020Maesmawr Barns, The Barn Caersws SY17 5SB
Received 17 Feb 202099 Garth Owen Newtown SY16 1JW
Received 8 Mar 2020Plot 1 Adj ToThe Manse Dolau Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5TW
Received 2 Jul 2020Wellfield House Temple Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5HG
Received 1 May 2020Development Of Eight Dwellings At Land Adjoining Bear House Crew Green Shrewsbury Powys
Received 3 Jul 2020Crossing Garage Tremont Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 5BH
Received 20 Jul 2020Chestnut House Berriew Welshpool SY21 8PL
Received 24 Jun 2020Records 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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