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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
14,588 approved · 1,447 refused · 1,479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 Maes Y Cwm Llanwnog Caersws Powys
Received 20 Apr 2020Glanbechan Bettws Cedewain Newtown SY16 3BN
Received 8 Oct 2019Land At Kincoed Mochdre Newtown Powys SY16 4JT
Received 25 Nov 2019Development At Land At Ashlea Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UD
Received 2 Jul 2020The Pales Llandegley Llandrindod Wells LD1 5UH
Received 4 Aug 2020Neolithic Barn Pantmawr Llanidloes Powys
Received 11 Feb 2020Ladywell Shopping Centre New Church Street Newtown SY16 1AF
Received 13 Mar 2019Plot 1, Brynllywarch Garden Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 7 Jul 2022Plot 2 Brynllywarch Garden Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 7 Jul 2022Coed Y Dinas Mochdre Newtown Powys SY16 4LA
Received 3 Jul 2019The Pales Llandegley Llandrindod Wells LD1 5UH
Received 4 Aug 2020The Pales Llandegley Llandrindod Wells LD1 5UH
Received 4 Aug 2020Development At Former Caerhowell Caravan Park Caerhowel Montgomery SY15 6HF
Received 1 Feb 2021Land At Hendy Wind Farm Llandegley Rhos Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RP
Received 10 Mar 2022Plot 1, Brynllywarch Garden Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 20 Jun 2022Plot 2 Brynllywarch Garden Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 21 Jun 2022Unit C4a Offas Dyke Business Park Fisher Road Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8JF
Received 24 Sept 2021Llanddewi Hall Llanddewi Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6SF
Received 6 Jul 2021Gate Farm Criggion Lane Trewern Welshpool Powys SY21 8EE
Received 23 Nov 2021Land At The Moors (Lime Kiln Cottage) Buttington Cross Welshpool Powys SY21 9JP
Received 11 Jan 2024Land Adjoining Court Bytake Montgomery SY15 6HG
Received 24 Mar 2023Oak Cottage (The Little Gallery) Broad Street Montgomery Powys SY15 6PH
Received 3 Sept 2021Phase 2 (numbers 18-22) Jacks View Norton Presteigne Powys
Received 7 Nov 2022Land At Heldre Hillside Heldre Buttington SY21 8TE
Received 21 Jul 2022Records 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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