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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
14,524 approved · 1,446 refused · 1,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Bryntalch Farm Abermule Montgomery SY15 6LA
Received 23 Feb 2023Phase 3 And 4 Maes Chwarae Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6DN
Received 22 Nov 2022Heartsease Farm, Bottling Plant And Premises Knighton LD7 1LU
Received 8 Nov 2022Development Of Up To Nine Dwellings Oaklands Forden Welshpool Powys
Received 5 May 202323 Maes Y Celyn Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9BL
Received 18 Jan 2024Land Off Forden Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6EU
Received 16 Sept 2022The Rhos Holding Trelystan Leighton Powys SY21 8JB
Received 8 Nov 2022Land To The Rear Of Beechcroft Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HL
Received 26 Mar 2024Land Off Glyndwr Garth Owen Newtown Powys SY16 1JP
Received 11 Mar 2024Rhiw Las Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9EP
Received 19 Dec 2024Ty Aderyn 11 Maes Trannon Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PS
Received 19 Nov 20241 And 2 Pentwyn Three Cocks Brecon LD3 0SW
Received 13 Jan 2023Wychwood Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RF
Received 8 Jan 2024Surgery Harper s Lane Presteigne LD8 2AN
Received 8 Jun 2023Ivy House Tre-Wern Welshpool SY21 8EL
Received 1 Jun 2023The Manor Lindens Walk Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EA
Received 6 Jun 2023Development At Land Adjoining Fir House Churchstoke Montgomery Powys
Received 19 Dec 2023Pont-faen Llandyssil Montgomery Powys SY15 6LN
Received 23 May 2023The Royal Welsh Warehouse, Vacant Areas Old Kerry Road Newtown SY16 1BH
Received 9 Sept 2019The Royal Welsh Warehouse, Vacant Areas Old Kerry Road Newtown SY16 1BH
Received 9 Sept 2019Yr Hen Lety Llidiartywaun Llanidloes Powys SY18 6JX
Received 22 Nov 2019Land Off Milford Road Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HH
Received 16 Aug 2018Rhyd-lydan Mill Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HP
Received 4 Feb 2020Newtown Railway Station Newtown SY16 1BP
Received 23 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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