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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
15,335 approved · 1,493 refused · 1,543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chapel Ebenezer BWLCH-Y-Cibau Meifod Powys SY22 5LN
Received 6 Nov 2017Plot Adj Aelybryn Llansilin Oswestry Oswestry SY10 7PX
Received 25 Apr 2018Land At Cynewill Farm Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0EX
Received 9 Mar 2018Branas Ystryd Y Ceunant Llanfechain Powys SY22 6XF
Received 28 Sept 2017Hafod Las Waen Meadows Llansantffraid Powys SY22 6SX
Received 31 Oct 2017Troedyffordd Cemmaes Machynlleth Powys SY20 9PZ
Received 31 Oct 2016Nant Y Filltir Penegoes Machynlleth Powys SY20 8UW
Received 12 Sept 2016Ty Griff Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr Oswestry Powys SY10 0NU
Received 10 Oct 2016Ty Mawr Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0LS
Received 8 Feb 2017Oakdene Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9LL
Received 19 Jan 2017Butterfly Farm Bachie Road Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5LA
Received 16 Feb 2017111 Gungrog Hill Gungrog Hill Welshpool Powys SY21 7UL
Received 27 Sept 2016Stapleton Barnfields Newtown Powys SY16 2ND
Received 16 Aug 2016Moat Farm Bishops Moat Bishops Castle SY9 5JP
Received 8 Aug 2016Tremont Garage Tremont Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5EB
Received 9 Aug 2016The Meadows Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9EG
Received 30 Sept 2016The Garden House Church Road Knighton Powys LD7 1EB
Received 5 Aug 2016Hill View New Mills Newtown Powys SY16 3NW
Received 10 Jan 2018Dolau Baptist Chapel Dolau Llandrindod Powys LD1 6UP
Received 9 May 2019The Fron Lloyney Knighton LD7 1RH
Received 18 Apr 2019Alltforgan Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0EZ
Received 4 Jun 2019Fotty Llechweddlwyd Pedair-ffordd Oswestry Powys SY10 0AU
Received 26 Sept 2019Ty Mawr Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 29 Jan 2020Land Adjacent To River View Llangedwyn Powys SY10 9LH
Received 29 Aug 2019Records 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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