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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
14,608 approved · 1,447 refused · 1,480 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 1 Brynllywarch Garden Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4PD
Received 8 Jul 2022Land Opposite Pen-y-bont Felindre Berriew Welshpool SY21 8BE
Received 9 Aug 2022Land At Brynllywarch Garden Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 3 Nov 2022Tan House Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TL
Received 9 Feb 2023Land At Trawscoed Farm Mochdre Newtown SY16 4JU
Received 31 Mar 2020Plot 2 Maes Y Cwm Llanwnog Caersws Powys
Received 12 Dec 2019Land Near Slate House Lodges Llandinam SY17 5AF
Received 19 Oct 2019Ladywell Business Hub New Church Street Newtown Powys SY16 1AF
Received 7 Feb 2020Land At Building Plot Opposite Cefn Y Wern Pontdolgoch Caersws Powys SY17 5NJ
Received 12 Feb 2020Land Near Church House Orchard Llanllwchaiarn Newtown Powys SY16 3BH
Received 10 Jul 201910 Mellionydd Adfa Newtown SY16 3BF
Received 3 Feb 2020Gwrhyd Mochdre Newtown SY16 4JP
Received 16 Dec 2019Ladywell Shopping Centre New Church Street Newtown SY16 1AF
Received 17 Jan 2020Pen Y Coed Caersws Powys SY17 5QP
Received 25 Mar 2020Nationwide 23 High Street Newtown SY16 2PN
Received 25 Jun 2019Nationwide 23 High Street Newtown SY16 2PN
Received 25 Jun 2019Highgate Bettws Newtown SY16 3LF
Received 25 Nov 2019Highgate Bettws Newtown SY16 3LF
Received 27 Nov 2019Land South Of Berlin Mount Crew Green Shrewsbury Powys
Received 29 Nov 2022Electricity Sub-station Land Off B4381, Near Lower Leighton Farm Leighton Welshpool Powys
Received 18 Mar 20225 Warehouse Adjacent To Church Street Knighton LD7 1AG
Received 21 Jun 2022Land East Of Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 12 Nov 2021Land At Abergwenlas Farm Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6YA
Received 5 Jan 2022Land Next To Workshop Trecastell Wood Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5PD
Received 12 Nov 2021Records 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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