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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
14,620 approved · 1,447 refused · 1,480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Apr 2012 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Llanshay Farm Llanshay Lane Knighton Powys LD7 1LW
Received 11 Aug 2022Land Adjoining Rosehill Kingswood Lane Forden Welshpool Powys
Received 15 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To Urchel Dre Common Road Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4PS
Received 29 Sept 20226 Fair View Tre-Wern Welshpool SY21 8DW
Received 27 Sept 2022Pleasant View Pentre Churchstoke SY15 6SU
Received 20 Oct 2022Figyn Cottage Cyfronydd Welshpool SY21 9ES
Received 9 Aug 2022Land Adj Severn Oaks Holiday Park Crew Green Shrewsbury Powys SY5 9AS
Received 30 Aug 2022The Gaer Forden Welshpool SY21 8NR
Received 3 Jul 2023Land Adjoining Rosehill Kingswood Lane Forden Welshpool Powys
Received 10 Feb 2023Land At Pen Pentre Llangyniew Welshpool Powys SY21 0JT
Received 11 Apr 2023Longwood Leighton Welshpool Powys SY21 8HU
Received 23 May 2023Tavern Park Tavern Park Forden Welshpool SY21 8FA
Received 18 Nov 2022Land Adjacent Upper Cefnperfa House Kerry Newtown Powys
Received 13 Sept 2022Rhyd Yr Awel Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys
Received 17 Aug 2023Maesnant Leighton Welshpool Powys SY21 8HR
Received 11 Apr 2023Lynwood Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TD
Received 22 Aug 2023Gwern-Y-Thel Tanhouse Dolau Llandrindod Wells LD1 5TL
Received 25 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To Hollydene Hall Bank Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6EN
Received 29 Aug 2023Llandinam Gravels Nature Reserve Llandinam SY17 5AU
Received 6 Dec 2023Land At West Street West Street Knighton Powys
Received 12 Sept 2023Land Opposite Tynllan Farm Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 17 Apr 2023Land At Woodluston Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NE
Received 14 Apr 2023Caenant Llanfihangel Llanfyllin SY22 5JB
Received 22 Feb 2023Cynefin Pen-rhos Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QB
Received 14 Aug 2024Records 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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