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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15,115 approved · 1,476 refused · 1,520 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thorn Cottage Glasbury Hereford Powys HR3 5NZ
Received 1 Oct 2019Development Cwm Henllan Barns Llandeilo Graban Builth Wells LD2 3YQ
Received 21 Aug 20191 Four Stones Cottage Kinnerton Presteigne Powys LD8 2RA
Received 18 Jul 2019The Gaer Farmhouse Golfa Welshpool SY21 9BD
Received 25 Jun 2021Maesderw Pool Quay Welshpool SY21 9LA
Received 19 May 2021Plot Adj Ewenni Glanyrafon Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 9EB
Received 6 Mar 2021Sycamore Garage East Street Rhayader LD6 5DS
Received 11 May 2020Oakleigh Refail Berriew Powys SY21 8AJ
Received 9 Nov 2017Oakleigh Refail Berriew Powys SY21 8AJ
Received 9 Nov 20174 Bridgend Cottages Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AP
Received 20 Mar 2018Land Adj Llys Awel Pool Road Llanfair Caereinoin SY21 0HN
Received 3 Mar 2021Development Of Holiday Pods At Land West Of Godor Fawr Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Powys
Received 2 Nov 2020Delfan Newydd Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6JF
Received 17 Jun 2020The Community Centre North Street Rhayader LD6 5BU
Received 22 May 2020Cwmrhiewdre Llaithddu Llandrindod Wells SY16 4BW
Received 16 Feb 2021Timber Yard Whitehouse Bridge Berriew Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7SP
Received 3 Jul 2020Lower Cefn Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9BA
Received 5 Mar 2018Capel Pont Cadfan Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PL
Received 11 Jun 2020Land Opp Wynnstay Inn Llansilin Powys SY10 7QL
Received 5 Jun 2020Holiday Pod Development At Land At Tyn Y Celyn Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 30 Jul 2021Lower Caeglas Llanbister Llandrindod Powys LD1 6UN
Received 24 Jul 2019Elancot Howey Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5PP
Received 26 Oct 20183 Riverside Llyswen Brecon Powys LD3 0LJ
Received 3 Oct 2018Land At Maes Y Cae Diserth Builth Wells Powys
Received 11 Jan 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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