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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
15,229 approved · 1,482 refused · 1,534 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trehelen Brynteg Llandrindod Wells LD1 5NW
Received 30 Sept 2019Crossways Cottage Howey Llandrindod Wells LD1 5PT
Received 7 Aug 20193 The Old Police Station Dyffryn Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6AN
Received 23 Sept 2019Land East Of Ithon Road Ithon Road Llandrindod Powys LD1 6AS
Received 9 Aug 2019Llyr Llanyre Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EA
Received 27 Sept 2019Offas Way Llanymynech Powys SY22 6JY
Received 18 Mar 2020Land At Rear Of Rhoslyn High Street Llandrindod Powys LD1 6AG
Received 17 Sept 2019Plot 2 Adjacent To Cae Eithin Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5LE
Received 21 Aug 2019Temple Avenue & Alexandra Terrace Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5HW
Received 28 Aug 2019Land At Bryn Posteg Landfill Site Tylwch Llanidloes Powys
Received 10 May 2018Buttington Quarry Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SZ
Received 6 Feb 2017Buttington Quarry Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SZ
Received 19 Apr 2021Buttington Quarry Buttington Welshpool SY21 8SZ
Received 7 Apr 2020Offices Buttington Quarry Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SZ
Received 12 Mar 2020Dyffryn Industrial Estate Pool Road Newtown Powys SY16 3AJ
Received 14 Dec 2017Bryn Posteg Landfill Site Tylwch Llanidloes Powys SY18 6JJ
Received 21 Mar 2018Buttington Quarry Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SZ
Received 21 Apr 2025Buttington Quarry Buttington Welshpool SY21 8SZ
Received 30 Jul 2025Tan Y Foel Quarry Cefn Coch Welshpool Powys SY21 0AN
Received 14 Dec 2022Bryn Posteg Landfill Site Tylwch Llanidloes Powys SY18 6JJ
Received 22 Nov 2016Bryn Posteg Landfill Site Tylwch Llanidloes Powys SY18 6JJ
Received 25 Jan 2018Roundton Lodge Old Church Stoke Montgomery SY15 6EL
Received 21 Feb 2013Meadow Rise CWM Lane Forden Welshpool SY21 8NB
Received 25 Feb 2013Magilona Garage Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EA
Received 12 Feb 2013Records 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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