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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
14,872 approved · 1,456 refused · 1,505 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Maestregymer Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5QX
Received 26 May 2022Middle Esgair Dolwen Llanidloes Powys SY18 6LJ
Received 14 Feb 2022Unit 1 Derwen Fawr Business Park Llanidloes SY18 6FE
Received 3 Mar 2022Land Adjacent To Hollydene Hall Bank Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6EN
Received 17 Jan 2024Land Adjacent To Hollydene Hall Bank Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6EN
Received 26 Jan 2024Former Motorworld Site Gas Street Newtown Powys SY16 2AD
Received 30 May 2023Morfodion Llandinam Powys SY18 6LU
Received 24 Apr 2023Aberffrydlan Llanwrin Machynlleth SY20 8NA
Received 14 Oct 2022Brookside Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PN
Received 21 Mar 2023Star Inn Dylife Llanbrynmair SY19 7BW
Received 20 Jun 2023Land To The South Of The A489 West Of Mochdre Brook Newtown Powys SY16 4HZ
Received 13 Mar 2023Merchant House 17 High Street Newtown Powys SY16 2NR
Received 26 Apr 2023Land At Tregastell Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HR
Received 24 Jan 2023Land At Rock Farm Newtown Powys SY16 3BH
Received 12 Jan 2023Lynwood Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TD
Received 8 Aug 2025Land At Church House Farm Llanwnnog Caersws Powys
Received 21 Feb 2023Rhyd Y Carw Mill Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5PU
Received 11 May 2021Land Off Garth Lane Nantmel Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6EN
Received 9 Apr 202125 Maes-y-garth Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EP
Received 19 Jan 2022Land adjoining Llys Heddwch (Llys Gwynant) Llan Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DW
Received 4 Jun 202117 Parkers Lane Newtown Powys SY16 2LT
Received 22 Jul 2021Land Adjacent To 7 Felingerrig Machynlleth Powys SY20 8UH
Received 24 Feb 20213 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AA
Received 10 Sept 2020Court Farm Evenjobb Presteigne Powys LD8 2SD
Received 8 Mar 2023Records 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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