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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
14,984 approved · 1,465 refused · 1,510 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Garden Village Machynlleth SY20 8HA
Received 24 Dec 2021Land Near Waen Llwydion Llandinam Powys
Received 18 Jul 2023Bradnant, Bradnant Equestrian Centre Tylwch Llanidloes SY18 6JZ
Received 13 Jul 2022Bodlondeb Back Lane Newtown SY16 2NH
Received 19 Aug 2022Castell Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JP
Received 26 Oct 2022Valley View Vastre Newtown Powys SY16 4DU
Received 9 May 2022Penlan Thin Ceinws Powys
Received 8 Feb 2022Land At Ceulan Forest For The Installation Of A 20M Lattice Tower Aberhosan Machynlleth Powys
Received 25 Feb 2022Red House Farm Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5PN
Received 21 Dec 2021Tan Y Bryn Melin-Byrhedyn Machynlleth SY20 8SH
Received 8 Feb 202214 The Bank Newtown SY16 2AB
Received 17 Jun 202210 Garden Village Machynlleth SY20 8HA
Received 29 Mar 2022Plot 1 Dyfnant Llanidloes Powys
Received 10 Feb 2022Middle Esgair Dolwen Llanidloes SY18 6LJ
Received 14 Jun 2022Development Adj To Cae Garreg Cae Garreg Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PN
Received 17 Mar 2022Plas Newydd Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JR
Received 8 Jun 2022Plas Newydd Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JR
Received 8 Jun 20224 Oaks Meadow Rhayader LD6 5BH
Received 9 Dec 2021Waen Llwydion Llandinam Powys SY17 5AH
Received 26 Jan 2022The Old Mill Bar 40 High Street Llanidloes SY18 6BZ
Received 21 Jan 2025Penstrowed Quarry Penstrowed Caersws Powys SY17 5SG
Received 24 Mar 2025Cattle Market And Premises Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UA
Received 4 Sept 2025Land At Lakeside Avenue Pen Y Bryn Lakeside Avenue Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 11 Jun 2025Land At Lakeside Avenue Pen Y Bryn Lakeside Avenue Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 26 Jun 2024Records 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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