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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15,293 approved · 1,488 refused · 1,538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Old Vicarage Penrhos Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QE
Received 7 Mar 20173-5 Green Villas Bont Dolgadfan Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7BD
Received 1 Mar 2017Ty Issa Winllan Lane Llansanffraid Powys SY22 6TN
Received 2 Mar 2018Old Timber Yard Adfa Newtown Powys
Received 29 Aug 2017Land At Hafan Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr Oswestry SY10 0EL
Received 17 Oct 2017Land Adj To Glanafon Llangadfan Welshpool Powys SY21 0PU
Received 26 Sept 2017Land Near To Llwyngwilym Rhayader Powys LD6 5NS
Received 9 Mar 2018Pantydwr Stores West Street Rhayader Powys LD6 5AF
Received 5 Jul 2018Elan Valley Visitor Centre Elan Valley Rhayader Powys LD6 5HP
Received 1 May 2018Old New Inn High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AA
Received 23 Apr 2018Land Near To Gernant Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9EN
Received 15 Mar 2018Dulas Siphon Outlet House Nantmel Llandrindod Powys LD1 6EN
Received 13 Jul 2018Land Adjacent To Plot 4 Development Adjacent B4518 St Harmon Rhayader Powys LD6 5LU
Received 5 Oct 2018Land At Penlan Dolau Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6UR
Received 8 Oct 2018Land At Nantygelli Llanbister Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6SR
Received 4 Oct 2018Llanbister County Primary School Llanbister Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6TN
Received 11 Jun 2018Plot 4 Site Adjacent To B4518 St Harmon Rhayader Powys LD6 5LU
Received 1 Oct 2018Cuckoos Nest Knucklas Knighton Powys LD7 1PL
Received 23 Sept 2018Clywedog Siphon Inlet House Gwystre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6RW
Received 13 Jul 2018Clywedog Siphon Inlet House Gwystre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6RW
Received 13 Jul 20181 High Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AG
Received 9 Nov 2018Land At Tan House Farm Dolau Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5TL
Received 9 Jul 2018Hawks Rise Bwlch-y-sarnau Rhayader Powys LD1 6PW
Received 25 Jun 2018Llwyn Farm Crossgates Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SU
Received 7 Sept 2018Records 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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