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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
14,891 approved · 1,458 refused · 1,505 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Foel Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6RN
Received 19 Apr 2024Glenydd Rhayader Powys
Received 29 May 2024Land At Clevelands Four Crosses Llanymynech SY22 6RL
Received 19 Dec 2024Llwyn Y Brain Aberhafesp Newtown SY16 3HR
Received 9 Dec 2024Land South Of Plas Trannon Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PW
Received 23 Dec 2024Hill House Farm Knighton Powys LD7 1NA
Received 13 Mar 2024Land At Church House Farm Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5JG
Received 10 Jul 2024Mathrafal Farm Meifod Powys SY22 6HT
Received 18 Jun 2019Plot 2 Adjacent Dyfnant Llanidloes Powys SY18 6HR
Received 18 Mar 2024Tan Y Ffordd Cemmaes Machynlleth Powys SY20 9PU
Received 2 Dec 2016Overhead Power Line At Garthbwt Clatter Caersws Powys SY17 5NR
Received 5 May 2021Land Opp Brynhyfryd Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5LE
Received 6 May 2021Brynowen Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5QX
Received 3 Feb 2021Land Adjacent Maes Gwyn Rhayader Powys LD6 5NS
Received 16 Oct 2024Brynglas Llanfair Road Newtown Powys SY16 3JX
Received 5 Feb 2026Land Adj To Carno Wind Farm Llawr-y-glyn Caersws Powys
Received 5 Feb 2026Land East Of Ithon Road Ithon Road Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 5 Mar 202611 Tregarth Machynlleth SY20 8HT
Received 28 Jan 2026Cefn Llech Pant-Y-Dwr Rhayader LD6 5LR
Received 19 Sept 2024Land At Fferm Wylfa Wylfa Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JS
Received 23 Sept 2025Bacheldre Hall Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TE
Received 12 May 2025Replacement Skate Park Princes Avenue Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5HU
Received 2 May 2025Daverneithon Rhayader LD6 5PD
Received 25 Mar 2025Troedrhiwfedwen Llanbister Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UP
Received 9 Apr 2025Records 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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