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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
14,970 approved · 1,464 refused · 1,510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tybrith Main Street Caersws SY17 5EL
Received 14 Jun 2021Winswood Lower Gwestydd Lane Aberbechan Newtown SY16 3AY
Received 14 Jun 2021Maesmawr Lodge Caersws Powys SY17 5SF
Received 7 May 2021Glendun Machynlleth SY20 8UJ
Received 3 Nov 2021Scafell Cottage Aberhafesp Newtown SY16 3HH
Received 21 Aug 2021Former Storage Building At The Plas Heol Pentrerhedyn Machynlleth SY20 8ER
Received 23 Nov 2020Former Storage Building At Y Plas Aberystwyth Road Machynlleth Powys
Received 23 Nov 2020Pant Farm Adfa Newtown SY16 3DF
Received 8 Dec 2020Land At Hendidley Way Newtown
Received 3 Mar 2023Former Site Of Laura Ashley Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5LG
Received 20 May 2024Barn At Bacheldre Hall Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6TE
Received 10 Jul 2024Snails Horn (stable Building) Llaithdu Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6YS
Received 2 May 2024Land Off A483 Opposite Heart Of Wales Business Park Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5BJ
Received 14 Aug 2024Land At Cherry Tree Lodges Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UE
Received 13 Jun 2024Cleared Wood Field Aberhafesp Newtown SY16 3HR
Received 17 Mar 2021Heulfryn Penegoes Machynlleth SY20 8SH
Received 20 May 2021Barn At Tregynon Hall Tregynon Newtown SY16 3PG
Received 19 Sept 2023Recreation Ground Caersws Powys
Received 14 Jan 20222, Madryn Llawr-y-glyn Caersws Powys SY17 5RH
Received 10 Dec 20212, Madryn Llawr-y-glyn Caersws Powys SY17 5RH
Received 1 Dec 2021Land At Oldcastle Avenue Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9PA
Received 21 Jul 202363 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth SY20 8EE
Received 3 May 202263 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth SY20 8EE
Received 3 May 2022Land At Caregwiber Llandrindod Wells LD1 5NY
Received 23 Jun 2022Records 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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