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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
14,260 approved · 1,433 refused · 1,460 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Mobile Home At Fair View Tre-Wern Welshpool SY21 8DW
Received 8 Oct 20245 Rock House Court Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AX
Received 14 Jan 2025Hardings Shed & Garden Supplies Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9BZ
Received 5 Nov 2024Stonehouse Farm Maes Mawr Welshpool SY21 9DB
Received 24 May 2024Pen Y Parc Mawr Llanfechain SY22 6XB
Received 28 Feb 2024Erwddol Llanafanfawr Builth Wells LD2 3LU
Received 24 May 2024Cain Cottage 1 Ystryd Y Ceunant Llanfechain SY22 6UP
Received 23 May 2024Plas Camlas Waterloo Place Welshpool SY21 7HE
Received 6 Mar 2024Tyn Y Coed Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0HA
Received 8 Apr 2024Dolfriog Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JY
Received 5 Sept 2023Pen Y Bont Cemmaes Road Machynlleth SY20 8JY
Received 2 Aug 2023Wide Open Penybont Llandrindod Wells LD1 5TY
Received 4 Jul 20234 Windmill Cottages, Millers House Windmill Lane Trelydan Welshpool SY21 9HY
Received 1 Aug 20254 Haven Court Howell Drive Welshpool SY21 7AU
Received 26 Jun 2025Old Coach Chambers 1 Church Street Welshpool SY21 7DL
Received 3 Sept 2025Cefn Craig Lloyney Knighton LD7 1RN
Received 6 Jun 2025Pentre Willey Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TL
Received 27 Nov 2025Former Gasworks Site Gasworks Lane Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BY
Received 6 Aug 2025Tyn Y Coed Berriew Welshpool SY21 8QG
Received 5 Jun 20251 Delwood Drive Welshpool SY21 7QS
Received 25 Sept 2025Store & Workshop Building Adjoining 3 Brookside Knighton Powys LD7 1DW
Received 15 Sept 2025Mathrafal Meifod SY22 6HT
Received 9 Oct 2024Moorlands Llanyre Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EA
Received 6 Oct 2025The Mill Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant SY10 0DU
Received 16 Sept 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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