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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
14,342 approved · 1,436 refused · 1,464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bodkin House Llangunllo Knighton Powys LD7 1SS
Received 24 Apr 2017Farthings Dolforgan View Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4DZ
Received 28 Mar 2017Tanyfron Broncafnent Lane Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0BW
Received 2 Jan 2020Land Off Garth Owen Glandwr Newtown Powys SY16 1JP
Received 12 Jan 2022Tanyfron Broncafnent Lane Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0BW
Received 6 Dec 2021Garn Fach South Of Newtown Powys
Received 11 Mar 2022Approximately 6km North East Of Llanbrynmair Village Between The Villages Of Llanbrynmair And Llanerfyl Between The A458 And A470 Powys
Received 3 Mar 2025Llyn Lort Energy Park Approx 7km North East Of Carno And 5.5km To The South West Of Llanerfyl Powys
Received 1 Dec 2023Towy-Usk Project
Received 16 Feb 2024Land At Upper Maenllwyd Kerry Newtown SY16 4NB
Received 9 Jul 2019Berwyn View Trelydan Welshpool Powys SY21 9HL
Received 29 Apr 2020Maes Yr Haf Onllwyn Road Colbren Neath SA10 9NW
Received 23 Apr 2013Faircroft Battle Brecon Powys LD3 9RN
Received 18 Oct 2016The Manse 10 Broad Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AD
Received 20 Jan 2017Goytre Llanfihangel Brynpabuan Builth Wells Powys LD2 3PS
Received 20 Sept 2016Carreg Mwsged 21 Warden Close Presteigne Powys LD8 2DH
Received 17 Mar 20172 Church Terrace Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PF
Received 9 Mar 20172 Church Terrace Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PF
Received 9 Mar 2017Long Barn Velindre Brecon Powys LD3 0TE
Received 30 Dec 2016Penywern Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0HP
Received 30 Sept 2016Land Adjacent To Nant Y Waen Abermule Montgomery SY15 6NR
Received 13 Jun 2017Bryn Bedwen Dolfor Newtown Powys SY16 4AE
Received 24 Mar 2017Brook House Appletree Shleve Shrewsbury Powys SY5 0JP
Received 2 Jun 2017Lomond Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4NY
Received 21 Jun 2017Records 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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