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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15,202 approved · 1,481 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development At Land At Upper Pengraig Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 29 Oct 2020Land At Penrhos Barn Penrhos Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Powys
Received 28 Oct 2020Glandulas Mawr Pantperthog Machynlleth SY20 9AX
Received 15 Dec 2020Service Garage High Street Meifod Powys SY22 6DB
Received 13 Jul 2020Land South Of Bodyddon Isaf Penygarnedd Oswestry Powys
Received 17 Sept 2020Land At Tan-Yr-Allt Llanfilo Brecon LD3 0TT
Received 21 Jan 2021The Hall (Former Green School) Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Oswestry Powys
Received 23 May 2020Burgedin Hall Pool Quay Welshpool SY21 9LN
Received 18 Sept 2020Car Park At Lake Vyrnwy Llanwddyn Powys
Received 17 Jul 2020Lant At Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 26 Jun 2020Bron Heulog Manafon Welshpool SY21 8BW
Received 8 Jul 2020Land At Plot 1 Tynllan Farm Castle Caereinion Welshpool SY21 9AL
Received 19 Jun 2020Y Graig Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DB
Received 3 Aug 2020Land At The Gaer Farmhouse Golfa Welshpool SY21 9BD
Received 13 Aug 2020Land At The Gaer Farmhouse Golfa Welshpool SY21 9BD
Received 13 Aug 2020Barn At Glyn Dwr Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DW
Received 1 Jun 2020The Granary Whitton Knighton LD7 1NP
Received 28 Jan 2020Figyn Cottage Figyn Cyfronydd Welshpool SY21 9ES
Received 21 Aug 2020Linley Cottage Union Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7PG
Received 28 Jul 2020Ashlea Presteigne Road Knighton Powys LD7 1HY
Received 15 Nov 2019Barn At Lower Woodhouse Knighton Powys LD7 1LR
Received 4 Feb 2020Barn At Lower Woodhouse Knighton Powys LD7 1LR
Received 4 Feb 2020Land At Bryndraenog Beguildy Knighton Powys LD7 1YD
Received 12 Mar 2020Derwen Garden Centre Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9PH
Received 25 Feb 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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