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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
14,814 approved · 1,453 refused · 1,500 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 2011 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Hereford Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AT
Received 5 Jun 2020Brondeg Upper Dolfor Road Newtown Powys SY16 3AB
Received 16 Sept 202014 Lower Canal Road Newtown SY16 2HY
Received 27 May 2020Caravan New Inn Farm House Nantmel Rhaeadr Gwy Powys LD6 5PE
Received 23 Jun 2021Moat Farm Llandinam Powys SY17 5SE
Received 26 Apr 2021Bryn Siriol Canal Road Newtown SY16 2HX
Received 13 Jan 2021Oerffrwd Cottage Clatter Caersws Powys SY17 5NP
Received 5 Oct 2020Land At Cae Henfron South Street Rhayader Powys LD6 6NW
Received 12 Mar 20211 Eastgate Street Llanidloes Powys SY18 6HD
Received 9 Mar 2021Mount Severn Glan-y-nant Llanidloes Powys SY18 6PQ
Received 25 Nov 202071 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EE
Received 7 Jul 2021Plot 2 Nant Ceiriog Y Fan Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NN
Received 12 May 2021The Fishing Lodge Clywedog Trout Fishery Deildre Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NX
Received 12 May 2021Bryndu Farm Llanidloes Powys SY18 6JH
Received 1 Apr 2021Cynlas Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8DY
Received 9 Jun 2021Cynlas Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8DY
Received 9 Jun 2021Existing Telecommunications Base Station Henfron Claerwen Valley Rhayader Powys LD6 5HE
Received 16 Apr 2021Bryn Cledan Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JS
Received 19 Jan 2021Land At Mynydd Eithaf Glas Pwll Machynlleth Powys
Received 29 Dec 2021Station House Talerddig Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7AL
Received 28 Jul 2021Blaen Y Gors Farm Ystradgynlais SA9 1PY
Received 6 Jun 202065 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth SY20 8EE
Received 19 Jun 2020Ty Bryn 1 Castle Terrace Montgomery Powys SY15 6PB
Received 9 Jun 2020Sunny Bank Tregynon Newtown SY16 3EH
Received 29 Dec 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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