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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
14,166 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,457 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jun 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stonehouse Farm Maes Mawr Welshpool SY21 9DB
Received 26 Jun 2024Fronwen Fron Lane Newtown SY16 2EL
Received 20 Aug 2024The Dolphin Inn Llanymynech SY22 6ER
Received 3 Jun 2024Cae Mawr Ystryd Y Ceunant Llanfechain SY22 6XH
Received 25 Jun 2024Bronwylfa Llansilin Oswestry SY10 7PX
Received 8 Jul 2024The Kings Arms 9 Church Street New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2TE
Received 15 Sept 2025The Dolphin Inn Llanymynech SY22 6ER
Received 9 Jul 2024Cwmwhitton Whitton Knighton LD7 1NL
Received 15 Sept 2025Minffordd The Gruthyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AN
Received 28 Aug 2025New House Heyope Knighton LD7 1PN
Received 7 Jul 2025Hill View Llanddewi Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6SD
Received 9 Oct 2025The Old Manse School Road Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9NQ
Received 20 Sept 202410 The Holmes Erwood Builth Wells LD2 3EQ
Received 18 Jun 2024Lime Kiln Cottage Rhallt Lane Buttington Welshpool SY21 9JP
Received 15 Apr 2025Lime Kiln Cottage Rhallt Lane Buttington Welshpool SY21 9JP
Received 28 Aug 2025The Stables Llanyre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6ED
Received 10 Jun 2025Stoneleigh Red Bank Welshpool SY21 7PL
Received 6 May 2025Newtown Railway Station Newtown SY16 1BP
Received 23 May 2024Presteigne Youth Centre Hereford Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AR
Received 9 Oct 2025Sunny Bank Hay-on-wye Hereford Powys HR3 5PP
Received 3 Jul 2025Workshops Mile Brook Pitts Lane Knighton Powys LD7 1LR
Received 25 Nov 2025The Fron Sarnau Llanymynech SY22 6QP
Received 2 Sept 202523 Fronhir Knighton LD7 1HT
Received 14 May 2025Land At Tesco Mill Lane Welshpool SY21 7BL
Received 19 Sept 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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