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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
14,638 approved · 1,448 refused · 1,482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Southeast Of Village Hall Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4HQ
Received 22 May 2020Pine Lodge Leighton Welshpool SY21 8LP
Received 9 Sept 2020Heartsease Farm Heartsease Knighton LD7 1LU
Received 7 May 2020Unit 5A Ddole Road Veterinary Clinic Ddole Industrial Estate Road Llandrindod Powys LD1 6DF
Received 8 Oct 2020Development To The North Of A489 West Of Mochdre Brook Newtown Powys
Received 14 Sept 2020Llwyn Y Crwth Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AQ
Received 26 Jul 2021Pleasant View Pentre Churchstoke SY15 6SU
Received 16 Aug 2021Far Heldre Farm Tre-Wern Welshpool SY21 8EG
Received 31 Aug 2021Plots 13-22 Phase 2 Jacks View Norton Presteigne Powys
Received 10 May 2021Llugwy Farm Llanbister Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UT
Received 22 Apr 2021Woodlea Garthmyl Montgomery Powys SY15 6SE
Received 7 Sept 2021Hagfan (formerly Pt Enc OS 7919 Church Pitch) Llandyssil Montgomery Powys SY15 6LQ
Received 20 Sept 2021Land East Of Ithon Road Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 14 Dec 2021Lower Bryntalch Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6LA
Received 29 Nov 2021The Fishing Pool Kerry Newtown Powys
Received 6 Oct 2021Hanbury Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AT
Received 23 May 2022Actun Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6LA
Received 23 Feb 2022Land Off Forden Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6EU
Received 26 Apr 20225 Mellionydd Adfa Newtown Powys SY16 3BF
Received 10 Feb 2020Erection Of Dwelling At Land Adjoining Pen Y Ffos Trefaldwyn Powys
Received 12 Feb 2020Cwm Bugail Beguildy Knighton LD7 1UG
Received 10 Dec 2021Land Opposite Kings Court Presteigne Powys LD8 2HX
Received 23 Sept 2021Land West Of New House Berriew Welshpool Powys
Received 7 Jan 2022The Birches Rhos-Y-Meirch Knighton LD7 1PE
Received 6 Oct 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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