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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
15,202 approved · 1,481 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Waterloo Terrace Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain SY22 6AT
Received 29 May 2020Land West Of Wern Y Weeg Dolanog Welshpool SY21 0LF
Received 16 Oct 2020Site Off Greenfields Foundry Lane Welshpool SY21 7TR
Received 20 Jul 2020Holiday Chalet At Harp Meadow Warden Road Presteigne LD8 2NL
Received 7 Jul 2020Land At Swan Bank Plot 1, Number 4 Swan Bank Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9JT
Received 18 May 2020The Hollies Pen-Rhos Llanymynech SY22 6QE
Received 27 May 2020Welshpool Social Club Bronybuckley Welshpool SY21 7NJ
Received 11 Jun 2020Tesco Stores Ltd Smithfield Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7BL
Received 19 Jun 2020Cae Glas Llyswen Brecon LD3 0UU
Received 15 Oct 2019Land Adjacent To Waverleigh Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5SE
Received 17 Oct 2019Orchard View Felindre Brecon LD3 0TA
Received 27 Aug 2019Rhiwhiriaeth Isaf Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DU
Received 18 Feb 2020Land At Llanerchyddol Hall Llanerchydol Welshpool Powys SY21 9PQ
Received 27 May 2021Gwalia Penrhos Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QE
Received 7 Sept 2021Newhouse Farm Painscastle Builth Wells LD2 3JL
Received 18 Sept 2019Portland House Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SG
Received 17 May 2021Land Near Tynshettin Llanwddyn Oswestry Powys
Received 24 Sept 2020Plot Adjoining Gerallt Rhos Y Brithdir Llanfyllin SY22 5HD
Received 7 May 2020The Pinewood Tavern Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RZ
Received 30 Oct 2019The Pinewood Tavern Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RZ
Received 30 Oct 2019Outbuilding At Bronllys Court Farmhouse Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0LF
Received 5 Apr 2019Plot Opposite Danyparc Upper Danyparc Felinfach Brecon Powys LD3 0UN
Received 2 Nov 201836 Western Grove Builth Wells LD2 3AW
Received 29 Oct 2018Wyecliff Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5RS
Received 11 Oct 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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