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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
14,519 approved · 1,446 refused · 1,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Temporary Agricultural Workers Dwelling At Land Adj To Pant Y Llidiart Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4PH
Received 4 Nov 2022Ty-Ar-Graig C2015 From Junction West Of Llanwyddelan To Crossroads Near Adfa Adfa Newtown SY16 3DB
Received 28 Nov 2018Nant Y Cae U2370 Road Linking Two Roads In Spur At Road To Nant-Y-Cae Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DW
Received 8 Mar 2019Recreation Ground Pool Road Y Drenewydd Powys
Received 21 Jan 2019Bronygarth Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0HT
Received 20 Feb 201917 Llanfair Road Newtown SY16 2DQ
Received 4 Jan 2019Old Timber Yard Adfa Newtown SY16 3DG
Received 20 Mar 2019Old Moat Junction Moat Lane Caersws Powys SY17 5SE
Received 18 Oct 2018Land Adjoining 4 Church House Orchard Aberbechan Newtown SY16 3BH
Received 17 Jan 2019309 Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1QX
Received 18 Oct 2018Land Adj To Wharf Cottage Gurnos Road Ystradgynlais Powys
Received 10 Nov 2018Erection Of A Dwelling At Plot 3 Heulfron Heulfron Betws Cedewain Newtown Powys
Received 30 Sept 2019All Saints Church Commercial Street Newtown Powys SY16 2BW
Received 1 May 2019Rock House Rock Farm Newtown Powys SY16 3BH
Received 7 Oct 2019Peniel Chapel Llanbrynmair SY17 5LG
Received 11 Jul 2019Blaen Y Cwm Upper Gwestydd Lane Cefn Mawr Newtown SY16 3LA
Received 19 Jul 2019Unit F Mochdre Industrial Estate Newtown Powys SY16 4LF
Received 13 Dec 2018Cefn Bryn C2013 From Junction With Access Road For Wenallt To Junction Near Cefn Coch Inn Cefn Coch Welshpool SY21 0AE
Received 22 Nov 2018The Flying Shuttle Llanidloes Rd Newtown Powys SY16 1HL
Received 15 Mar 2019The Arches Union Street Newtown SY16 2HA
Received 3 Jan 2019Tan Y Graig Llandinam Powys SY17 5BG
Received 1 Aug 20192 Old Moat Lane Moat Lane Caersws SY17 5SE
Received 21 Feb 2019Field Off Juction - Between C2014 And U2385 Adfa Newtown Powys SY16 3DR
Received 27 Jul 20194 Church House Orchard Aberbechan Newtown SY16 3BH
Received 5 Sept 2019Records 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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