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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
15,194 approved · 1,480 refused · 1,530 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Graig-Goch Fawr Garage Newbridge-On-Wye Builth Wells Powys LD2 3RU
Received 16 May 2018Old Hall Cottage Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4HH
Received 9 Mar 2018Little Llether Llanddew Brecon Powys LD3 0TS
Received 4 Jun 2018Welshpool Church In Wales Primary School Howell Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7SU
Received 8 Apr 2021Banwy Mill Caravan Park Melin-y-ddol Llanfair Caereinion Powys SY21 0ED
Received 14 May 2021Land To The South Side Of A44 Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UG
Received 18 Feb 2020Cwmgwyn Hall Felindre Knighton LD7 1YT
Received 14 Dec 2019St Andrew s Church Broad Street Presteigne Powys
Received 14 Nov 2019Well Cottage Cannon s Lane Presteigne Powys LD8 2AB
Received 19 Feb 2020Yew Tree House 13 High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BA
Received 24 Feb 2020Pantycaragle Farm Beguildy Knighton LD7 1YD
Received 31 Jan 2020Land At Mill Race Llangunllo Knighton LD7 1SP
Received 10 Mar 2020Llwynymoelgau Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JE
Received 13 Nov 2017Land At Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 26 Jun 2020Garden Rear Of Cann Office Hotel Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PL
Received 18 Jun 2020Plas Mynydd Brooks Welshpool Powys SY21 8QY
Received 14 Mar 2018Lower Cottage Llanfilo Brecon Powys LD3 0RE
Received 14 May 2018School House Rhiwhiriaeth Llanfair Caereinion Powys SY21 0DR
Received 21 Mar 2018The Meadows Dolfor Newtown Powys SY16 4AB
Received 5 Apr 20181 The Fron Coedway Crew Green Powys SY5 9AT
Received 1 Apr 2018West Grove Crossgates Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6RS
Received 28 Mar 20181 Church View Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9NL
Received 9 Feb 20184 Glan Llyn Cradoc Brecon Powys LD3 9LR
Received 29 May 20184 Victoria Road Knighton Powys LD7 1BD
Received 6 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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