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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
14,236 approved · 1,433 refused · 1,460 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jun 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dingle Frochas Welshpool SY21 9JD
Received 5 Sept 2025Mechanicare Henfaes Lane Welshpool SY21 7BE
Received 29 Jul 2025Dolbedwyn Newchurch Kington HR5 3QQ
Received 16 Jul 2025Land Adj To 1 Mount Street Welshpool Powys
Received 31 Mar 2025Pen-y-clawdd Pool And Land Llanbister Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UR
Received 8 Sept 2025Godor Cottage Cloddiau Welshpool SY21 9JE
Received 23 Apr 20253 Clive Place Severn Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7AN
Received 27 Sept 2025Llwyngwilym Farm Rhayader Powys LD6 5NS
Received 15 May 2025The Heath Presteigne LD8 2HG
Received 29 Sept 2025The Mill Mill Lane Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9NH
Received 11 Sept 2025Treboeth Bleddfa Knightpn LD7 1PA
Received 27 Nov 2025Appleyard House Bridge Street Knighton LD7 1HU
Received 16 Jul 2025Hafren Dyfrdwy Church Stoke Sps A490, Churchstoke, Powys, SY15 6AE
Received 14 Aug 2025Pen Ystryd Brithdir Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant SY10 0AY
Received 8 Jan 20253 Penymaes Adfa Newtown SY16 3BQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Stoneleigh Red Bank Welshpool SY21 7PL
Received 19 Jun 2025Moorlands Llanyre Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EA
Received 25 Jul 2025Welshpool High School Gallowstree Bank Welshpool SY21 7RE
Received 13 Aug 2025Spa Building Welsh Office Agricultural Department Spa Road East Llandrindod Wells LD1 5LD
Received 24 Feb 2025Land Adjoining The Belan Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9NS
Received 3 Dec 2024Glan Yr Afon Painscastle Builth Wells LD2 3JJ
Received 3 Dec 2024Dyffryn Dol Gladestry Kington HR5 3PR
Received 13 Mar 2025Ty Newydd Bwlch-Y-Cibau Llanfyllin SY22 5LT
Received 22 Nov 20242 Plots At Land Adjoining The Belan Guilsfield Welshpool Powys
Received 23 Jan 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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