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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
15,059 approved · 1,472 refused · 1,514 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cae Glas Llyswen Brecon LD3 0UU
Received 13 Sept 2019Aylton Lea Brilley Whitney-on-Wye Hereford Powys HR3 6HA
Received 10 Sept 2019Barn At Pentre Haughton Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SH
Received 10 Sept 2019Plot East Of Erw Haf Erw Haf Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4RT
Received 30 Jan 2019Hay Road Garage Hay Road Builth Wells Powys LD2 3BP
Received 13 Nov 2018Dolifor Llanwrthwl Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6NU
Received 12 Apr 2019Barns At Yscirfawr Merthyr Cynog Aberhonddu Powys
Received 7 Nov 201845 Castle Road Builth Wells Powys LD2 3EG
Received 2 Apr 20194 Grove Villas Builth Road Builth Wells LD2 3RF
Received 1 Nov 2018Swn Y Cwm Penpentre Llanfihangel Tal-Y-Llyn Brecon Powys LD3 7TG
Received 27 Mar 2019Land At Battle Fach Battle Brecon Powys LD3 9RW
Received 12 Mar 2019Orchard Corner Dental Surgery Ffrydd Road Knighton Powys LD7 1DB
Received 18 Nov 201945 Market Street Knighton LD7 1EY
Received 16 Dec 2019Cwmbrith Isaf Penybont Llandrindod Powys LD1 5SR
Received 16 Dec 2019Field Adjacent To Lakeside Avenue Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5NT
Received 25 Feb 2020Barn At Pentre Haughton Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SH
Received 10 Sept 2019Barn At Pentre Haughton Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SH
Received 10 Sept 2019Barn At Pentre Haughton Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SH
Received 10 Sept 2019Lower Llaneon Franksbridge Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SA
Received 24 Oct 2019Land At Wychwood Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RF
Received 15 Aug 2020Tanyffridd Farm Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6HT
Received 9 Jul 2020Plot 30 Meters East Of Crescent House Glasbury Hereford Powys
Received 22 Jul 2019Land Adj To Folly Cottage Rhosgoch Builth Wells Powys LD2 3JY
Received 4 Sept 2019Teirtref Llangammarch Wells Powys LD4 4EB
Received 27 Jul 2018Records 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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