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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
15,160 approved · 1,479 refused · 1,525 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot Adj Ewenni Glanyrafon Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9EB
Received 18 May 2019Tirabad / Sennybridge Ranges Bivvy Site 3 Llangamarch Wells Powys
Received 7 Mar 2019Land To The Rear Of Greenfields Bronllys Brecon Powys
Received 5 Apr 2019Brynderwen Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0HN
Received 16 Oct 2018Hot Food Takeaway Spar Stores 1 Irfon Terrace Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4RH
Received 25 Oct 2018Llangoed Farm Llyswen Brecon Powys LD3 0YP
Received 18 Jan 2019Brynhyfryd 3 North Road Builth Wells LD2 3BT
Received 12 Nov 2018Upper House Pont-y-wal Lane Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0HT
Received 11 Mar 2019Barn Conversion Cwm Yr Ychen Pant-y-dwr Rhayader Powys LD6 5LR
Received 7 Mar 2019Little Chef Station Road Llanelwedd Llanfair-ym-muallt Powys LD2 3SS
Received 20 Mar 2019Penrhiwcerrig Llaneglwys Builth Wells LD2 3AQ
Received 9 Aug 2018Land At Birch Grove Llangammarch Wells Powys
Received 3 Aug 2018Gelly Farm Talachddu Brecon Powys LD3 9TF
Received 29 Oct 2018Chapel House Alltmawr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3YR
Received 21 Jan 2019Land Adjacent To Upper Gwestydd Cefn Mawr Newtown Powys SY16 3LA
Received 18 Dec 2017Land At Morben Farm Derwenlas Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SR
Received 23 Jan 2018Land At Bitfal Van Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NG
Received 26 Feb 2018Penshwa Penshwa Lane Newtown Powys SY16 3LY
Received 19 Jan 2018Dolmenyn Garth Llangammarch Wells Powys LD4 4BL
Received 11 Jan 2018Land At Green Lane (PT Os 5416) Near Cefn Bryntalch Green Lane Abermule Powys SY15 6LB
Received 19 Jan 2018Tynddol Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6YH
Received 18 Jan 2018Dolobran Hall Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6JE
Received 5 Jan 2018Land At Penbedw Wood Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5PA
Received 15 Dec 2017Land At Cilmery Farm Cilmery Builth Wells Powys LD2 3LG
Received 26 Feb 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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