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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14,872 approved · 1,456 refused · 1,505 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development 50 Meters North Of The Four Crosses Inn Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys
Received 13 Jul 2023Development At Argae Fields New Mills Newtown Powys
Received 21 Jul 2023Glyncelyn House Llanfilo Brecon LD3 0TY
Received 20 Apr 2023Glyncelyn House Llanfilo Brecon LD3 0TY
Received 20 Apr 2023Land Adjoining Minffordd Treganol Adfa Newtown Powys SY16 3DB
Received 3 Dec 2025Tesco Stores Ltd Pool Road Newtown SY16 1DJ
Received 14 Mar 2023Land/Depot Adj. Ffrydd Vaughan Dolfor Road Newtown Powys SY16 4BQ
Received 14 Mar 2023Lower Penrhyddlan Farm Llandinam Powys SY17 5AX
Received 28 Feb 2023Court Farm Evenjobb Presteigne Powys LD8 2SD
Received 8 Mar 2023Station Garage Heol Y Doll Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BH
Received 1 Feb 20234 - 11 Garthpwt Farm Clatter Caersws Powys SY17 5NR
Received 19 Jan 2023Land At Tynllan Farm Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 23 Jun 2023Land At Cae Bryncoch Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DL
Received 8 Aug 2023Ashbrook Middle Dolfor Road Newtown SY16 4BG
Received 15 Nov 2022Land Adj. Glandulas Farm Caravan Park South Of Llanidloes Road Newtown Powys
Received 1 Feb 2023Land At Puppy Plus Dog Training Site Middle Scafell Milford Road Newtown Powys SY16 6HQ
Received 14 Sept 2022Bryntail Cottage & Miner s Cottage Van Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NU
Received 24 Sept 2022Bryntail Cottage And Miner s Cottage Van Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NU
Received 24 Sept 2022Plas Onn Winllan Lane Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain SY22 6TP
Received 20 Feb 2023Plots 1, 3 & 4 At Twin Lakes Pant-Y-Dwr Rhayader LD6 5LR
Received 3 Jan 2024The Manor Lindens Walk Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EA
Received 14 Dec 2023Land At Ty Mawr Mallwyd Machynlleth Powys SY20 9HS
Received 18 Dec 2023Crossfield House Dark Lane Rhayader LD6 5DB
Received 12 Feb 2024Land At Heol Gruffydd Off Garth Owen Newtown Powys
Received 15 Sept 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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