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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
15,262 approved · 1,485 refused · 1,537 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Hengoed Newtown Road Machynlleth Powys SY20 8HB
Received 12 Dec 2012Caen-Y-Coed Llangadfan Welshpool Powys SY21 0PU
Received 2 Jul 201221 Heol Maengwyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EB
Received 26 Oct 2012PT Os 0355, Land Adj Woodlands Pontrobert Meifod Powys SY22 6HY
Received 25 Oct 2012Milford House 59 Heol Maengwyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EB
Received 14 Nov 2012Tyntwll Abercegir Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NR
Received 31 Aug 2012Spring Bank Golfa Welshpool Powys SY21 9AF
Received 19 Feb 2013Gerddi Gleision Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DZ
Received 6 Aug 201235 Maldwyn Place Brickfield Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BW
Received 13 Mar 2013The Beeches Cottage Revel, Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AJ
Received 28 Mar 2013Plot Adjacent To Llettyreos Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5HT
Received 5 Mar 2013Cae Ysgubor Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0ES
Received 13 Mar 2013Ty Isaf Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0JB
Received 13 Feb 2013Land At Cilhaul Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9EY
Received 10 Jan 2013PT Os 2561 & 2269 Land Near Upper Cilhaul Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9EY
Received 18 Apr 2013Caereinion High School Neuadd Lane Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0HW
Received 31 May 2013Land At Spoonley Farm Llansantffraid Powys SY22 6AR
Received 22 Aug 2012Gorsty Hall Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AS
Received 9 Mar 2012Morris Marshall & Poole 28 Broad Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7RW
Received 1 Mar 2012Parc View Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0HR
Received 8 Oct 2012Plot 33 Swallows Meadow Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9DZ
Received 17 Dec 2012Plot 5, Pentre Farm Development Leighton Welshpool Powys
Received 12 Apr 20127 Tregarth Machynlleth Powys SY20 8HT
Received 16 Jan 2013Gallteinion Commins Coch Machynlleth Powys SY20 8LS
Received 14 May 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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