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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
14,519 approved · 1,446 refused · 1,476 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 2012 to 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Rhos Fawr Cwm Golau Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9HA
Received 22 Dec 2021Land Adjacent To Brynllywarch Hall School Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4PB
Received 21 Apr 2023Development Nursing Home Off Forden Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6EU
Received 11 Feb 2022Penparc Cottage Welshpool SY21 0EL
Received 22 Mar 2022Land At Lakeside Avenue Lakeside Avenue Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 7 Oct 2022Upper Cefnperfa Kerry Newtown SY16 4DW
Received 27 Oct 2022Lower House Farm Bausley Crew Green Powys SY5 9BN
Received 15 Feb 2021Land At Lletty Meibion Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8QY
Received 22 Oct 2020Upper Cochran Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Wells
Received 22 Dec 2020Llanoddian Newydd Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0HP
Received 5 Jul 2021Bro A Bryn Tre-Wern Welshpool SY21 8EA
Received 6 May 2021Parc Noyadd Park, Fire Station Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DF
Received 20 Jan 2021Development Of Eight Dwellings At Land Adjoining Bear House Crew Green Shrewsbury Powys
Received 12 Mar 2021Priors Cottage Middletown Welshpool SY21 8DF
Received 27 Nov 2020The Malthouse Garthmyl Montgomery Powys SY15 6RS
Received 14 Aug 2017Weir on the River Teme located immediately upstream of the Teme Bridge on the A488, adjacent to the Kinsley B&B (postcode LD7 1DT).
Received 13 Apr 2021Mile Oak Milford Road Newtown SY16 3AR
Received 13 Aug 2019Rhydlyddan Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HP
Received 3 Jul 2019Plas Y Drain, Red Ridge Centre Cefn Coch Welshpool SY21 0AZ
Received 8 Feb 2020Ty Gwyn Tan-y-fron Crossgates Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6RP
Received 18 Jul 2020Commodore Hotel Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5ER
Received 24 May 2020Chestnut House Berriew Welshpool SY21 8PL
Received 11 May 2020The Old Smithy Commercial Street Newtown Powys SY16 2DE
Received 12 Apr 2019Upper Cefnperfa Kerry Newtown SY16 4DW
Received 27 Oct 2022Records 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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