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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
14,179 approved · 1,431 refused · 1,457 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bronafon Llanfechain Powys SY22 6UJ
Received 17 Jan 2024Rhallt View Buttington Welshpool SY21 8SR
Received 12 Dec 2023Penbank Cwmllinau Machynlleth Powys SY20 9NT
Received 13 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Trehelyg Walnut Close Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5PE
Received 9 Oct 2023Church View Church Street Llanfyllin SY22 5BA
Received 28 Feb 2024Church View Church Street Llanfyllin SY22 5BA
Received 28 Feb 2024Cambrian House 12 Penrallt Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AJ
Received 19 Oct 2023Bryn Y Brain Melin-byrhedyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NY
Received 9 Feb 2023Garthmyl Hall Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RS
Received 27 Dec 2024The Chestnuts Station Road Knighton Powys LD7 1DU
Received 6 Mar 20251 The Cross Broad Street Newtown SY16 2LX
Received 7 Mar 20231 The Cross Broad Street Newtown SY16 2LX
Received 7 Mar 2023Village Hall Cwmllinau Machynlleth Powys
Received 27 Apr 20231 Upper Hodley Kerry Newtown SY16 4NE
Received 27 Feb 2025Garthmyl Hall Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RS
Received 27 Dec 2024St Tysilio And St Marys Church Meifod Powys
Received 8 Oct 2024Upper Cwmbrith Trawsty Newydd Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SR
Received 3 Feb 2025Lynwood Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TD
Received 14 Feb 2025Shooting Lodge Red Lane Powis Castle Welshpool Powys SY21 8RN
Received 17 Feb 2025PART OF Development At Land Adjacent To Pant Y Ddafad (Pant Yr Onnen) Pant Yr Onnen Pont Robert Meifod Powys
Received 14 Feb 2025Ysgubor Celyn Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0EB
Received 8 Jan 2025Stonehouse Bwlch-Y-Cibau Llanfyllin SY22 5LH
Received 28 Nov 2024Caecrimon Oswestry Powys SY10 0HX
Received 26 Sept 2024167 Sycamore Drive Newtown SY16 2QQ
Received 30 Apr 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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