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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
14,576 approved · 1,447 refused · 1,479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of Penybryn Grosvenor Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5NA
Received 4 Aug 2020Land Directly East Of Dovecote House Coedway Crew Green Powys
Received 24 Aug 2020Land At Cefn Pawl Abbeycwmhir Llandrindod Wells LD1 6PG
Received 19 May 2020Former Hatchery Site Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6JR
Received 8 May 2020Chatsworth Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5EY
Received 20 Mar 2020Tyn Yr Wtra New Mills Newtown Powys SY16 3BT
Received 9 Dec 2019Outbuilding At Glanhanog Isaf Carno Caersws SY17 5JU
Received 3 Mar 2020Waen Llwydion Llandinam Powys SY17 5AH
Received 24 Oct 2019Ladywell Shopping Centre New Church Street Newtown Powys SY16 1AF
Received 2 Mar 2020Lluast Pontdolgoch Caersws Powys SY17 5NE
Received 28 Nov 2019Plot Rear Of 1, Milford Cottages Milford Road Milford Newtown Powys
Received 5 Dec 201929 Llanllwchaiarn Road Newtown SY16 2JN
Received 5 Feb 2020Smithfield Garage Pool Road Newtown SY16 1DW
Received 11 Dec 2019Lluast Pontdolgoch Caersws Powys SY17 5NE
Received 2 Dec 2019The Rylands Fron Welshpool Powys SY15 6RT
Received 5 Feb 2020Land At Pontdolgoch Caersws Powys SY17 5NJ
Received 11 Feb 2020Hafren Severn Street Caersws SY17 5DZ
Received 6 Dec 2019Sites A, B & C Nr. Riverside & Nr. Latham Park Newtown Powys
Received 19 Dec 2019Caerau Caravan Site Dol-wen Llanidloes Powys SY18 6LL
Received 15 Nov 2019Sites A, B & C Nr. Riverside & Nr. Latham Park Newtown Powys
Received 19 Dec 2019Plot At Brynffynnon Bwlch-y-ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3JA
Received 18 Feb 2020Llyssun Llanerfyl Welshpool SY21 0EL
Received 18 Dec 2019Land At Middle Garth Aberhafesp Newtown SY16 3LN
Received 3 Dec 2019Land West Of Bedwsyth Carno Caersws Powys
Received 20 Apr 2020Records 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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