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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
15,115 approved · 1,476 refused · 1,520 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Offices Llangammarch Depot Llangamarch Powys LD4 4BY
Received 13 Aug 2018Heddfan Talachddu Aberhonddu Powys LD3 0UG
Received 25 Oct 2018Maesgwyn Trefecca Brecon Powys LD3 0PW
Received 17 Oct 2018Glyncelyn Lodge Unadopted Road From Jct A470 To Jct U0825 Llanfilo Brecon LD3 0TY
Received 9 Apr 2019Montclare U1315 From Jct With U1314 Opposite Road To Poultry Farm Via Fourwinds To Jct Roa Howey Llandrindod Wells LD1 5RG
Received 11 Dec 2018Land at LD3 0HN off the A479 trunk road Bronllys/Talgarth roundabout
Received 15 Nov 2018Plot East Of Erw Haf Erw Haf Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4RT
Received 12 Mar 2019Royal Welsh Showground, Royal Welsh Agricultural Society U1317 From Junction With A470t Near Royal Welsh Showground To Tanycoed Adjacent Llanelwedd Builth Wells LD2 3SY
Received 28 Mar 2019The Old Drill Hall, Cabin At Rhayader LD6 5AG
Received 19 Mar 2019Old Station Yard Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SY
Received 9 Apr 2019Land Adj Tyn Wern Franksbridge Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SA
Received 7 Jun 2019Plot 9 Black Mountain View Felindre Brecon LD3 0SZ
Received 12 Aug 2019Clyro Hill Farm Clyro Hereford HR3 6JU
Received 23 Jul 2019Dalmore Caravan Park Howey Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RG
Received 29 Apr 20192 Brynhaul Pont-Y-Wal Lane Bronllys Brecon LD3 0NA
Received 15 Aug 2019Briarlea Clawdd Lane New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2TU
Received 16 Sept 2019Downton Cottage New Radnor Presteigne LD8 2RD
Received 10 Jul 2019Moelfre U0046 Jct With Road To Gwarallt Farm To Jct With Track To Pen-Y-Waun Unadopted T Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HL
Received 21 Feb 2019Tai Cae Mawr Station Road Llanwrtyd Wells Powys
Received 20 Dec 2018Brynmelis Llanafanfawr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3PG
Received 4 Jan 2019War Memorial Institute Irfon Terrace Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4RH
Received 18 Apr 2019Bailea Farm Llywel Brecon Powys LD3 8RH
Received 3 May 2019New Barn Cottage Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5SG
Received 17 Jul 2019Land At Cwm Newydd Hundred House Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RW
Received 11 Oct 2019Records 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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