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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
14,218 approved · 1,432 refused · 1,459 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Penmaes Rhayader LD6 5PN
Received 24 Sept 2023Greenacre Howey Builth Wells LD1 5PL
Received 8 Oct 2023Communication Mast At Llwyn Gog Farm Staylittle Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DB
Received 29 Mar 2023Flats 1 - 6 Old Bakery Seven Stars Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7JE
Received 8 Dec 2023Cefn Rhyd Dolanog Welshpool SY21 0LJ
Received 11 Dec 2023Broniarth Abermule Montgomery SY16 3AN
Received 8 Dec 2023Kalaguni 1 Mill Fields Milford Newtown SY16 3JP
Received 20 Sept 2023Gravel Car Park, Public Conveniences Shortbridge Street Newtown SY16 1AA
Received 8 Feb 2024The Dingle Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PN
Received 26 Oct 2023Blaenplwyf Isaf Cwmllinau Machynlleth SY20 9AD
Received 14 Sept 2023Brooklands Temple Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DP
Received 25 Aug 202311 Bryn Street Newtown Powys SY16 2HW
Received 5 Oct 2023The Lindens Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5EQ
Received 6 Sept 2023Llandrindod Wells War Memorial Hospital Temple Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5HF
Received 20 Sept 2023Land At Pantglas Uchaf Moelfre Croesoswallt Powys SY10 7QP
Received 12 Feb 2024Fire Station Craigfryn Machynlleth SY20 8HE
Received 20 Sept 2023The Bryn Bryn Lane Llanllwchaiarn Newtown SY16 3LZ
Received 15 Sept 2023Land At The Meadows Lower Blackhill Dolfor Newtown Powys SY16 4AB
Received 21 Jul 2023Tudor Lane Garage Tudor Lane Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UL
Received 15 Nov 2023Llyn Cam Lodge Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan Builth Wells LD2 3SE
Received 15 Nov 202311 Bryn Street (Stan s Store) Newtown Powys SY16 2HW
Received 5 Oct 2023Station Restaurant Llansantffraid Powys SY22 6AD
Received 16 Feb 2024Land At Treboeth Bleddfa Knighton Powys LD7 1PA
Received 30 Sept 2025Mast At Black Mixen Kinnerton Presteigne LD8 2PF
Received 19 Jun 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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