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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
15,203 approved · 1,481 refused · 1,530 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Drws-y-coed Ffordd Goed Pen-y-bont-fawr Oswestry Powys SY10 0PF
Received 21 Apr 2021Glyn Teg Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0EY
Received 21 Dec 202054A Hendidley Way Llanllwchaiarn Newtown SY16 2AL
Received 11 Apr 2021Land At Court Farm Court Farm Belan School Lane Llwynderw Welshpool Powys SY21 8SF
Received 17 Aug 2021Warehouse Old Station Yard, Warehouse Station Road Llanfyllin SY22 5BQ
Received 3 Jul 2020Valley View Groes-pluen Welshpool Powys SY21 9BW
Received 6 Sept 202155 Borfa Green Welshpool Powys SY21 7QF
Received 14 Jul 2021Bridge House Domgay Road Four Crosses Llanymynech SY22 6SW
Received 27 Apr 2021Hillsrest Presteigne Road Knighton LD7 1HY
Received 15 Dec 2019Wegnalls House Kingsturning Presteigne Powys LD8 2LD
Received 10 Jan 2020Bryngwyn Llananno Llandrindod Powys LD1 6TG
Received 31 Jan 2020Bronllys Garage Bronllys Brecon LD3 0LG
Received 6 Jun 2019Greenways Brilley Whitney-on-Wye Hereford Powys HR3 6HA
Received 9 Aug 2019Old Post Office Gladestry Kington Powys
Received 15 May 2019Aber Fields Builth Wells Powys
Received 18 Jan 2019Land Adjacent To Penybont Bridge Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 23 Aug 2019Ridgebourne Hotel Wellington Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5NH
Received 25 Sept 2019St Andrew s Church Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EN
Received 23 Jan 2020St Andrew s Church Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EN
Received 18 Oct 201940A High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 8 Jan 2020Wayside House 9 High Street New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2SL
Received 6 Feb 2019Land At Penbryn Battle Brecon Powys LD3 9RN
Received 19 Apr 2018Land Off Minor Road Between Crickadarn And Llaneglwys Erwood Builth Wells Powys LD2 3BQ
Received 12 Oct 2018Ffrwdwen Erwood Builth Wells Powys LD2 3YS
Received 10 May 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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