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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
14,913 approved · 1,460 refused · 1,507 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 2011 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conversion Of Barn Into A Dwelling At Morben Hall Derwen-las Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SR
Received 25 Jun 2025Barn At Cae Gilbert Pennant Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7BL
Received 16 May 2025Llys Heddwch Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DW
Received 7 Feb 2022Land 128 Metres South Southeast Of Ty Llwyd Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0HT
Received 17 Sept 2025Land At Plas Maldwyn Caersws Powys SY17 5HG
Received 14 Oct 2024Morben Hall Derwen-las Machynlleth Powys
Received 7 Apr 2025Tudor Lane House 2 Middleton Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5ET
Received 11 Mar 2025Llettyderyn Farm Mochdre Newtown Powys SY16 4JY
Received 17 Apr 2024The Manor Lindens Walk Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EA
Received 10 Feb 2025Development Site For Temporary Rural Enterprise Dwellings Wern Lane Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4EL
Received 13 Mar 2025Station Garage Heol Y Doll Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BH
Received 24 Jan 2025Llettyderyn Farm Mochdre Newtown Powys SY16 4JY
Received 29 Jan 2025Airwave Site DFP066 Land Of Talyglanau Mallwyd Machynlleth Powys
Received 12 Jul 2021Land At Hendidley Way Newtown Powys
Received 12 Apr 2023Land At Pilleth Whitton Knighton Powys LD7 1NP
Received 6 Dec 2024The Cottage Inn Forden Road Montgomery SY15 6QT
Received 17 Nov 2023Castle Buildings Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant SY10 0JU
Received 17 Jul 2023Cae-Llwyn Nantmel Rhayader LD6 5PE
Received 14 Oct 2024Esgair Elan Rhayader LD6 5HD
Received 1 Oct 2024Land Directly East Of Abermule House Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 16 Dec 20243 Pwllan Cottages Llandinam SY17 5AT
Received 11 Dec 2024Cae-Llwyn Nantmel Rhayader LD6 5PE
Received 1 Nov 2024Pykins Carno Caersws SY17 5JU
Received 24 Jan 2025Silver Birches Penygreen Road Llanidloes SY18 6AJ
Received 22 Feb 2021Records 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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