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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
14,549 approved · 1,447 refused · 1,476 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 2012 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parc Glyncynwal Glyncynwal Road Upper Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys SA9 2XX
Received 17 Oct 2018Bryn Tirion Sale Lane Trewern Welshpool SY21 8SY
Received 7 Oct 2020Tyn Yr Wtra New Mills Newtown SY16 3BT
Received 21 Jun 2019Fraithwen Adfa Newtown SY16 3DB
Received 30 Jul 20192 The Grove Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AS
Received 29 Jul 2020Land Adj Poplar Drive Leighton Welshpool SY21 8HJ
Received 21 Dec 2020Yr Allt Mallwyd Machynlleth Powys SY20 9HS
Received 18 Sept 2017Land At Pontdolgoch Caersws Powys SY17 5NJ
Received 26 Oct 2019Land To South Of Meadowside Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6UT
Received 5 Jun 2020Lea Hall Farm Llangunllo Knighton LD7 1SU
Received 15 Oct 2020Rhiastyn House Hyssington Montgomery Powys SY15 6AT
Received 29 May 2020Land Adjoining The Fron Middletown Welshpool Powys SY21 8EN
Received 10 Feb 2021Land At Jacks View Norton Presteigne Powys
Received 28 Apr 2020Tyn Yr Wtra New Mills Newtown SY16 3BT
Received 21 Jun 2019Castle Bank Clatter Caersws Powys SY17 5NR
Received 18 May 2017Vine Cottage Waterloo Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6BL
Received 8 Jun 2018Lower Tyn Y Fron Van Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NZ
Received 14 Jul 2017Bralorne Newtown Powys SY16 2ND
Received 9 May 2018Y CWM Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6JH
Received 13 Jun 2017Brown Cottage Llanfair Road Newtown Powys SY16 2DN
Received 29 Mar 2018Llety Mawr Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PS
Received 28 Apr 2017The Arches Llandyssil Montgomery Powys SY15 6LF
Received 6 Jun 2017The Bryn Bryn Lane Newtown Powys SY16 3LZ
Received 8 Sept 20171 Moonlight Barn Snead Montgomery Powys SY15 6EB
Received 24 Oct 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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