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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15,210 approved · 1,482 refused · 1,532 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Graig-Goch Fawr, Garage Newbridge-On-Wye Builth Wells LD2 3RU
Received 27 Jun 2019Timber Yard Whitehouse Bridge Berriew Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7SP
Received 6 May 2020Petrol Filling Station And Premises Salop Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7ES
Received 26 May 2020Pony House Criggion Shrewsbury SY5 9BQ
Received 22 Apr 2020Hawthorn Cottage Pen-rhos Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QQ
Received 16 Apr 2020Rhosddu Farm Meifod SY22 6TH
Received 1 Jun 2020Oakfield Cottage Gaol Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6QR
Received 29 May 202032 Bridge Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AU
Received 17 Feb 20203 The Paddock Llanyre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6NG
Received 24 Jul 20193A The Court Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5HY
Received 20 Jun 2019Pantpurlais Llandrindod Wells LD1 5PD
Received 21 May 2020Land East Of Cwm Llifior Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8QQ
Received 1 Jun 2020New House Bwlch-y-plain Knighton Powys LD7 1RE
Received 16 Jun 2020Radnorshire Arms Hotel High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 18 May 2020The Log Cabin Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5ER
Received 8 Aug 2019Penparc Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0EL
Received 27 Mar 2020Caethle Meifod Powys SY22 6DN
Received 4 Mar 2020Chestnut House Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PL
Received 24 Jun 2020The Studio Castle Barn 40A High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 7 May 2020Llanthomas Farm Llanigon Powys HR3 5PU
Received 19 Jun 2020Goleugoed Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5PA
Received 4 Jun 2020Dragon Bridge Cottage Arddleen Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RU
Received 16 Jun 2020Woodlands Pedair-Ffordd Oswestry SY10 0AL
Received 20 Mar 2020Land At Foel Hill Llansantffraid Powys
Received 9 Jun 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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