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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15,202 approved · 1,481 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Granary Whitton Knighton LD7 1NP
Received 28 Jan 2020Nantygelli Llanbister Llandrindod Wells LD1 6SR
Received 13 Nov 2019Land Adjoining Church Barn Gladestry Kington Powys
Received 19 Sept 2019Land Adjoining Unit 11 Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 23 Sept 2019Penllwyn Castle Cereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9AS
Received 28 Sept 2017Carreg Arthur House Llanfair Caereinion Powys SY21 0DD
Received 11 Jan 2018Bryn Owen Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5QX
Received 5 Apr 2018The Beeches Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9PP
Received 28 Feb 2018Penycae Bungalow Clyro Hereford HR3 6JU
Received 16 Sept 2019Land Adjoining Elan Oaks Caravan Park Elan Valley Rhayader Powys LD6 5HP
Received 30 Sept 2019Land At Pentre Farm Old Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2RP
Received 16 Sept 2019Upper Tylecrwn Llanfilo Brecon Powys LD3 0UA
Received 26 Sept 2019County Hall Spa Road East Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5LG
Received 31 Mar 2020Nantyrarion Talachddu Brecon Powys LD3 0NS
Received 20 Jun 2018Station House Cilmery Builth Wells Powys LD2 3NU
Received 1 May 2018Trwstllewelyn Garthmyl Montgomery Powys SY15 6SE
Received 1 Mar 2018Siloam Shalom Aberyscir Brecon LD3 9NW
Received 19 Apr 2018Land At Glangwesyn Abergwesyn Llanwrtyd Wells Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4TP
Received 4 Apr 2018Greenfields South Street Rhayader Powys LD6 5BH
Received 20 Apr 2018Tydu Gwenddwr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3HQ
Received 4 May 2018Ty-isaf Llangynog Builth Wells Powys LD2 3LA
Received 19 Oct 2018Lorraine Cottage Cilmery Builth Wells Powys LD2 3NT
Received 20 Jul 20181 Southlands Drive Howey Llandrindod Wells LD1 5SJ
Received 23 Jul 2018Glyn Teg Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0EY
Received 6 Apr 2021Records 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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