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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14,342 approved · 1,436 refused · 1,464 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harry Tuffin Ltd Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AR
Received 24 Mar 2017Land Directly West Of The Firs Churchstoke Montgomery Powys
Received 9 Jun 2017Glog Farm Llaithddu Llandrindod Wells Powys SY16 4BW
Received 2 Jun 2017Land To East Of Hand & Diamond Inn Coedway Crew Green Powys SY5 9AR
Received 27 Jun 2017Middle Hendre Buttington Welshpool
Received 3 May 2017Peachwood Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6JL
Received 24 Mar 2017Hafod Llaithddu Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6YS
Received 11 May 2017Little Acre Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NE
Received 26 Sept 2017Waen Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6NR
Received 3 Oct 2017Watersedge Llanigon Hereford Powys HR3 5PU
Received 30 Dec 2016Troedyrharn Garthbrengy Brecon LD3 9TN
Received 23 Feb 2017Ffinnant Isaf Aberbran Brecon Powys LD3 9NN
Received 20 Dec 2016Plot 7, Development Adjacent 6 Church Close Presteigne LD8 2AQ
Received 8 Dec 20165 Begwyns Bluff Clyro Hereford HR3 5SR
Received 14 Dec 2016Walton Farm Walton Presteigne Powys LD8 2PH
Received 6 Mar 201764 Gorse Farm Llandrindod Wells LD1 5SH
Received 26 Oct 2016Sunnycroft Hundred House Llandrindod Wells LD1 5RY
Received 6 Oct 20161 Hay Road Builth Wells LD2 3BP
Received 11 Oct 2016Gloescerddyn Sarnau Brecon LD3 9PP
Received 2 Nov 2016Former Wynnstay Store Station Yard Severn Road Welshpool SY21 7AZ
Received 5 Oct 2017Land Adj To Cae Bryn Derwen Brynderwen Abermule Powys SY15 6JX
Received 20 Sept 2017Ty Hapus Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NB
Received 26 Sept 2017CWM Heulog Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8ND
Received 21 Jul 2017Gery Bryn Montgomery Powys SY15 6TY
Received 13 Sept 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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