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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
15,293 approved · 1,488 refused · 1,538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Springfields, Oaklawn Kerry Newtown Powys
Received 4 Aug 2025Christ Church Church Road Welshpool SY21 7LN
Received 5 Jun 2025Church Place 27 Penrallt Street Machynlleth SY20 8AG
Received 9 Sept 2024Owain Glyndwr Centre, Community Centre And Premises 67-69 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth SY20 8EE
Received 11 Aug 2025The Knighton Hotel Broad Street Knighton LD7 1BL
Received 22 Sept 2025County Court And Premises 24 Severn Street Welshpool SY21 7UX
Received 12 May 202578 Heol Giedd Ystradgynlais SA9 1LS
Received 18 Nov 2025Church View Church Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5BA
Received 10 Jul 202514 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7SD
Received 4 Sept 2025Trinity Church Short Bridge Street Llanidloes Powys
Received 11 Mar 20257 High Street Knighton LD7 1AT
Received 10 Mar 202515 Foundry Terrace Llanidloes Powys SY18 6AY
Received 14 Feb 2025White Horse Inn 13 High Street Builth Wells LD2 3DN
Received 31 Mar 2025Old Llwyncynog Farm Talachddu Brecon LD3 0UG
Received 6 Aug 2025Golfa Isaf Farm Llangedwyn Oswestry Powys SY10 9JY
Received 9 Apr 2025Tygwyn Farm Carreghofa Llanymynech SY22 6LB
Received 3 Jul 20251 Highgate Street Llanidloes Powys SY18 6AH
Received 30 Oct 2025Oldford House Berriew Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7SS
Received 30 Oct 2024Severn Arms Hotel Penybont Llandrindod Wells LD1 5UA
Received 17 Feb 2025Aberbechan Aqueduct Montgomery Canal Aberbechan
Received 19 Oct 2023Pentre Haughton Llandrinio Llanymynech SY22 6SH
Received 28 Oct 20257 High Street Knighton Powys LD7 1AT
Received 1 Sept 2025Glanhafren North Abermule Montgomery SY15 6NA
Received 4 Sept 2025The Old Vicarage Penrhos Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QE
Received 7 Mar 2017Records 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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