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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
15,210 approved · 1,482 refused · 1,532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 Land Adjoining Tynwern Franksbridge Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SA
Received 7 Oct 2019Pentre Farm Old Radnor Presteigne LD8 2RP
Received 17 Oct 2019The Fron Lloyney Knighton Powys LD7 1RH
Received 13 Jan 2020The Lands Llanbister Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6UG
Received 13 Jan 2020Long Barn Boatside Barns Boatside Farm Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5RS
Received 26 Jul 2019Former Little Chef Station Road Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SS
Received 28 Jan 2019Dol-irfon Pentre Bach Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SF
Received 10 May 2018Propose Agricultural Building Llan-y-wern Brecon Powys LD3 7UP
Received 31 Aug 2018Harley House 7 Broad Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AA
Received 24 Jan 2020Plot South Of Bettws Mill Franksbridge Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SA
Received 25 Oct 2019Broom Cottage 38 Mount Street Welshpool SY21 7LW
Received 31 Mar 2020The Old Creamery Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RH
Received 6 Apr 2020Bron Haul Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HU
Received 18 Jan 2018Maenicochion Carno Road Caersws Powys SY17 5EF
Received 29 Jan 2018Potters Yard Severn Road Welshpool SY21 7YE
Received 25 Nov 2019The Bothy, Rear Of Tyn-Y-Caeau Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr Oswestry SY10 0EN
Received 9 Mar 20201 Kimberley Villas Howey Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5PN
Received 23 Aug 2019The Bothy Rear Of Tyn-Y-Caeau Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr Oswestry SY10 0EN
Received 9 Mar 2020Cecil Lodge Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5EY
Received 25 Sept 2019Tai Clochydd 21 High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AA
Received 11 Mar 2020Tai Clochydd 21 High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AA
Received 10 Mar 2020Trefnant Isaf Maesmawr Welshpool SY21 9JG
Received 15 May 2020Upper Gwernerin Beguildy Knighton LD7 1YH
Received 12 May 2020Wye View Newbridge-on-wye Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6LY
Received 11 Jul 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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