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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
15,201 approved · 1,480 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CWM Cottage Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4ES
Received 8 Jan 2018Cae Beuno Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AA
Received 8 Dec 2017Little Nant Bettws Disserth Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RP
Received 19 Dec 2017Tallis Groesllwyd Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9NY
Received 23 Nov 2017Dolobran Hall Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6JE
Received 30 Nov 2017Dale Cottage Gladestry Kington Powys HR5 3NT
Received 18 Dec 2017Brookfield Knucklas Knighton Powys LD7 1PG
Received 15 Dec 2017Willow Llwynon Lane Newtown Powys SY16 2ED
Received 17 Jan 2018Brandy Cottage Knighton Powys LD7 1PG
Received 20 Apr 2020Plot To The Right Of Waters Edge Llanthomas Lane Llanigon Hereford Powys HR3 5PU
Received 18 Apr 2018Shirley Ludlow Road Knighton Powys LD7 1HP
Received 12 Mar 2018Hafod Lon Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4TB
Received 3 Dec 2018The Firs Farm Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SG
Received 10 May 2021Oak House Farm Tirabad Llangamarch Powys LD4 4DU
Received 10 Dec 2018Tynllan Farm Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UF
Received 19 Nov 2019Glangwesyn Abergwesyn Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4TP
Received 26 Oct 2018Land At Pont Nichol Tredustan Brecon Powys
Received 9 Jul 2018Lower Blaenbrynich Llan-y-wern Brecon Powys LD3 0TT
Received 24 Aug 2018Llanfechain Wood Llanfechain Builth Wells Powys
Received 24 Aug 2018Frochas Farm Frochas Welshpool SY21 9JD
Received 5 May 2021Land Off B4393 At Plas Foxen Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RG
Received 12 May 2021Dol Y Neuadd Cwm Golau Cyfronydd SY21 9HA
Received 12 Dec 2020Barn Near To Starving Castle Llanfyllin Powys
Received 6 May 2021Lower Trederwen Farm Trederwen Lane Arddleen Llanymynech SY22 6RZ
Received 12 Nov 2020Records 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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