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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
15,177 approved · 1,480 refused · 1,527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shirley Lodge Mellington Churchstoke Powys SY15 6TQ
Received 21 Mar 2018Gwarllan Llanfihangel-Nant-Bran Brecon Powys LD3 9NA
Received 23 May 2018Nantyffin Llanfihangel-nant-bran Brecon Powys LD3 9LU
Received 6 Jun 20184 Pen-y-bryn Builth Wells Powys LD2 3LF
Received 18 Sept 2018Land At Tynllan Farm Castell Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9AL
Received 26 May 2020Siloam Shalom Aberyscir Brecon LD3 9NW
Received 25 Apr 2019Land To The Rear Of Greenfields Minefield Lane Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0LE
Received 24 Oct 2019Trenewydd Felindre Knighton LD7 1YR
Received 11 Feb 2020Land At Salop Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7FA
Received 8 Jan 2021Land Off B4393 At Plas Foxen Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RG
Received 11 Dec 2020Moelwilym Llanbister Llandrindod Wells LD1 6TY
Received 11 Feb 2020Glyn Teg Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0EY
Received 28 Apr 2020Rhiwhiriaeth Isaf Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DU
Received 23 Apr 2020Neuadd Maldwyn Severn Road Welshpool SY21 7AS
Received 3 Jun 2021Site Off Greenfields Foundry Lane Welshpool SY21 7TR
Received 20 Jul 2020Tylarau Pant-y-dwr Rhayader Powys LD6 5LL
Received 7 Oct 2019Cwngwyn Hall Felindre Knighton Powys LD7 1YT
Received 15 Nov 2019Blaenglynolwyn Newbridge-on-wye Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6ND
Received 15 Aug 2018Lower Blaenbrynich Llan-y-wern Brecon Powys LD3 0TT
Received 26 Sept 2018Land At Trefeitha Court Trefeitha Brecon Powys LD3 0RN
Received 26 Sept 2018Dam View Llanwddyn Oswestry Powys SY10 0LZ
Received 21 Dec 2017Fannog Forest Abergwesyn Llanwrtyd Wells Powys
Received 25 Jun 20183 Cae Llewelyn Cilmery Builth Wells Powys LD2 3FA
Received 22 May 2018Wilbury Cottage Stanner Kington Powys HR5 3NP
Received 16 Mar 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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