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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
14,965 approved · 1,463 refused · 1,509 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tynymaen Llandinam Powys SY17 5AB
Received 16 Jun 202218 Llanfair Road Newtown SY16 2DQ
Received 30 May 202237 Crescent Gardens Bryn Gardens Newtown Powys SY16 2HQ
Received 24 Aug 2021Cwm Gwyn Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DY
Received 9 Sept 2021Cors Dyfi Reserve Derwenlas Machynlleth SY20 8SR
Received 12 Oct 2021Coedygaer Fawr Llandinam SY17 5AZ
Received 14 Sept 2021Land At Rhyd Y Carw Mill Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5PU
Received 22 Oct 2021Village Tearooms & Crafts Llangurig Llanidloes Powys SY18 6SG
Received 14 Oct 2021Bryn Uchel Isaf Cwmllinau Machynlleth SY20 9PE
Received 25 Apr 2022Capel Nebo Cemmaes Road Machynlleth SY20 8JZ
Received 9 May 2022Maes Deri Green Terrace Llangurig Llanidloes Powys SY18 6RN
Received 25 Apr 2022Recreation Ground Caersws Powys
Received 24 Feb 2022Land At Moat Lane Caersws Powys SY17 5SB
Received 18 Jul 2022Pant Y Crasty Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JR
Received 30 Aug 20221 - 3 Garthpwt Farm Clatter Caersws Powys SY17 5NR
Received 19 Jan 2023Barn Adjacent To Tyn-Yr-Wrtra Llawr-Y-Glyn Caersws SY17 5RJ
Received 18 Aug 2022Former British Legion Hall Waterfall Street Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Powys SY10 0JX
Received 9 Dec 2019Felin Fawr Lodges Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6RX
Received 24 Jan 202425 Woodlands Way Llanllwchaiarn Newtown Powys SY16 2TH
Received 14 Sept 2023Land At Oldcastle Avenue Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9PA
Received 21 Jul 2023Land East Of Pilleth Whitton Knighton Powys
Received 5 Mar 2024Bracken Hill Lodge Middletown Welshpool SY21 8DF
Received 20 Mar 2020Nantygwennill Aberhosan Machynlleth SY20 8SQ
Received 31 Jan 20204 St David s Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BP
Received 5 Jun 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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