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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
15,075 approved · 1,475 refused · 1,516 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 2011 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elancot Howey Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5PP
Received 24 Jan 2019The Rectory School Lane New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2SS
Received 4 Feb 2020Bwlchydderwen Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5ND
Received 11 Aug 2021Land At Llwyn Crossgates Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SU
Received 7 Nov 2019Land At Park Lodge Boughrood Brecon
Received 5 Aug 2020Land At Bryn Perthy Arddleen Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RU
Received 9 Jun 2021Holiday Pod Development At Land At Tyn Y Celyn Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 14 Oct 2020Bronhaul Llanfechian Powys SY22 6XD
Received 17 Jun 2020Erection Of Dwelling At Land At Maes Watkin Maes Watkin Llangedwyn Oswestry Powys
Received 7 Aug 2020Glandwr Garthbrengi Brecon Powys LD3 9TP
Received 14 May 20197 & 8 The Porches Park Road Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9NN
Received 13 Nov 2019Communications Base Station Llangynllo Knighton Powys LD7 1SU
Received 20 Nov 2019Powys County Council DSO Yard & Archives County Hall Spa Road East Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5LG
Received 6 Nov 2019Plot Adj Woodlands Pont Robert Meifod Powys
Received 29 Jun 2020R.S.P.B. Lake Vyrnwy Llanwddyn Oswestry Powys SY10 0LZ
Received 10 Jul 202011 Parc-yr-Onnen Llanfair Caereinion Powys SY21 0BF
Received 1 Sept 2020Plot Adj Woodlands Pont Robert Meifod Powys
Received 29 Jun 2020Brithdir Farm Brithdir Llanfyllin SY10 0AY
Received 17 Jul 2020Land At Moel Heulin Llanrhaeadr Oswestry SY10 0AS
Received 24 Sept 2020Land South South West Of Gerallt Brithdir Llanfyllin Powys
Received 7 Jul 2021Pentre Farm Crew Green Shrewsbury SY5 9AW
Received 27 Aug 2021Spider Cottage Lions Bank Montgomery Powys SY15 6PT
Received 26 May 2021The Glen Westwood Park Welshpool SY21 7QP
Received 26 Jun 2021Welshpool Church In Wales Primary School Howell Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7SU
Received 23 Mar 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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