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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
15,289 approved · 1,488 refused · 1,537 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2011 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 - 4 Penybryn High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AP
Received 14 May 2025Wayside House 9 High Street New Radnor Presteigne LD8 2SL
Received 21 Jul 2025Bont Glan Tanat Brithdir Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant Powys SY10 0AF
Received 13 Feb 2025Llwynderw Villa Llwynderw Welshpool Powys SY21 8SE
Received 18 Nov 2024Rose Villa Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 9 May 2024Rhysgog Builth Wells Powys LD2 3LY
Received 9 May 2025Castle Kitchen Broad Street Montgomery Powys SY15 6PH
Received 16 Sept 2025The Mill Three Cocks Brecon Powys LD3 0SW
Received 1 Jul 2025Brynglas Hall Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0HU
Received 29 May 2025Clyro Court Baskerville Hall Hotel Clyro Hereford HR3 5LE
Received 23 May 2024Sardis Chapel Heol Giedd Ystradgynlais SA9 1JY Powys
Received 26 Sept 2025Bethel Chapel Evenjobb Presteigne LD8 2SA
Received 25 Feb 2025Vyrnwy House Meifod SY22 6BY
Received 10 Jun 2025Powis Castle Red Lane Welshpool Powys SY21 8RG
Received 12 May 2025Tynewydd Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 7QF
Received 24 Jul 2025Bwthyn Hedd Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0JS
Received 6 May 2025Welshpool Cockpit New Street Welshpool SY21 7SF
Received 26 Nov 2025The Hendre Stanage Knighton LD7 1LT
Received 24 Sept 20259A High Street Knighton LD7 1AT
Received 24 Oct 20252 The Gardd Llanymynech SY22 6EX
Received 17 Nov 202551A High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 22 May 2025Caerfagu Nantmel Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EF
Received 24 Sept 2025Wyeside Arts Centre Castle Street Builth Wells LD2 3BN
Received 26 Feb 20252 Morris Cottages Heol Y Doll Machynlleth SY20 8BH
Received 8 Sept 2025Records 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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