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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
14,533 approved · 1,447 refused · 1,476 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodview Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HL
Received 16 Mar 2020Blue Barn Green Lane Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6EN
Received 18 Mar 2020Presteigne Mill Prestiegne Powys LD8 2HN
Received 17 Apr 2020The Birches Rhos-Y-Meirch Knighton LD7 1PE
Received 17 Apr 2020Brynheulog Old Farmhouse Tregynon Newtown Powys SY16 3PP
Received 3 Apr 2020Celyn Mawr Llanwddyn Oswestry SY10 0NN
Received 3 Apr 2020Earth Bound Slurry Lagoon Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys
Received 30 Oct 2019Nantywellan Dolau Llandrindod Powys LD1 5UW
Received 1 Jul 2020Llyssun Llanerfyl Welshpool SY21 0EL
Received 29 Aug 2019Wood View Aberhafesp Newtown SY16 3HL
Received 27 Sept 201918 Tawe Park Ystradgynlais SA9 1GU
Received 23 Nov 2018Craigfryn Llandinam Powys SY17 5AU
Received 20 Nov 2018Land Off Glandwr Garth Owen Newtown Powys SY16 1JP
Received 26 Feb 2019Dolassey Farm Bleddfa Knighton LD7 1PA
Received 21 Apr 2023Llanddewi Hall Llanddewi Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 20 Mar 2023Premier House Waterloo Industrial Estate Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 6BH
Received 20 Mar 2023Penbryncennau Abbey Cwm-Hir Llandrindod Wells LD1 6PT
Received 16 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To The Street Llandysilio Llanymynech Powys
Received 9 Feb 2023Land East Of Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6DU
Received 21 Mar 2023Coed Trefe Bwlch-Y-Ffridd Newtown SY16 3PE
Received 16 Jan 2019St Mary s Church Old Church Street Newtown Powys
Received 14 Feb 2019Fraithwen Adfa Newtown SY16 3DB
Received 2 Oct 2019Unit 23 Mochdre Industrial Estate Newtown SY16 4LE
Received 14 Feb 2019Erw Deg Main Street Caersws Powys SY17 5EP
Received 8 Feb 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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