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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
14,789 approved · 1,452 refused · 1,500 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 4 Broadaxe Business Park Broadaxe Business Park Presteigne Powys
Received 30 Jul 2025Land At Llanthomas Lane 35 Metres South Of Motte House Llanthomas Lane Llanigon Hereford Powys HR3 5PU
Received 11 Mar 2025Store Rear Of Arvonia Bakery House 14 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AE
Received 6 Jun 2025Land Rear Of Claremont East Street Rhayader Powys LD6 5DN
Received 29 May 2025Dolbachog Staylittle Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7BS
Received 27 Dec 2024Llys Wen Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HT
Received 10 Sept 2025Dolhelfa Ganol Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6RX
Received 17 Jul 2024Neuaddau Llangammarch Wells Powys LD4 4BY
Received 22 Jun 2020Rhyd Blawd Farm Disserth Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TL
Received 5 Jun 2020Glanbidno Uchaf Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6SW
Received 9 Aug 2022Footway Of Treowain Treowain Industrial Estate Machynlleth SY20 8EG
Received 26 Aug 2022Morfodion Llandinam SY18 6LU
Received 1 Sept 2022Glynhafren Old Hall Llanidloes SY18 6PS
Received 11 Aug 2022Tynymaen Llandinam SY17 5AB
Received 11 Aug 2022Land To The North West Of Coed Y Gaer Fawr Llandinam Powys SY17 5AZ
Received 26 Sept 2022Snails Horn Abbey Cwm-Hir Llandrindod Wells LD1 6YS
Received 5 Sept 2025Barn Conversion 963 Metres South At Llancoch Farm Llangunllo Knighton Powys LD7 1SY
Received 28 Mar 20259 Broad Street Newtown SY16 2LY
Received 2 Oct 2025Development At Land Adjoining Fir House Churchstoke Montgomery Powys
Received 20 Aug 2025Glyn Cogan Barn Manafon Welshpool SY21 8BJ
Received 26 Aug 2025Rural Enterprise Dwelling Land At Forest Farm Gwenddwr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3HJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Barn At Pen Y Brithdir Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AW
Received 14 Nov 2025The Fishing Pool Kerry Newtown Powys
Received 31 May 2024Cefn Llech Pant-Y-Dwr Rhayader LD6 5LR
Received 2 May 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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