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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
15,362 approved · 1,494 refused · 1,547 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rhosllyn Rhayader Powys LD6 5PD
Received 4 Jan 2018Coedcowrhyd Meifod Powys SY22 6HW
Received 4 Dec 2019Land At Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant Cemetery Llanrhaeadr Powys SY10 0AA
Received 20 Dec 20173 Ashfield Terrace Llanymynech Powys SY22 6EU
Received 12 Apr 2017Land Near Nant Yr Hen Glawdd Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0HD
Received 24 Apr 2017Land Adj. Ponderosa Burgedin Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QL
Received 10 Apr 2017Ffynnon Newydd Winllan Road Llansantffraid Powys SY22 6AN
Received 13 Feb 2017Unit 29 Mochdre Industrial Estate Newtown Powys SY16 4LE
Received 31 Jan 2017Land Adjoining Maes Hyfryd Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0RY
Received 18 Oct 2017The Haw Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr Oswestry SY10 0NZ
Received 13 Oct 2016Wig Fach Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0WA
Received 3 Oct 2016Pant Y Crai Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0ER
Received 29 Nov 2016Oaklands Arddleen Welshpool Powys SY22 6RX
Received 23 Nov 2016Gaer Farm Golfa Welshpool Powys SY21 9BD
Received 17 Dec 201912 Berllan Deg Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Powys SY22 6FF
Received 3 Feb 2020Nantycoedwr Llanwddyn Oswestry SY10 0ND
Received 19 Dec 2019Ysgol Pennant Penybontfawr Dolafon Estate Oswestry SY10 0PD
Received 18 Mar 2020Land At Raven s Wood Llanwddyn Oswestry Powys SY10 0JX
Received 20 Feb 202066 Gorse Farm Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SH
Received 14 Mar 2019Chatsworth, The Candyman Spa Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 5EY
Received 6 Nov 2018Barn At Dolyfelin Heyope Knighton Powys LD7 1RA
Received 23 Nov 2018Brookside Crossgates Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6RF
Received 20 Nov 2018Geulan Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SR
Received 20 Nov 2018Llethrau Felindre Knighton Powys LD7 1YT
Received 19 Jan 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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