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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
15,393 approved · 1,495 refused · 1,549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2019Prestbury House Arddleen Llanymynech Welshpool SY21 9LF
Received 9 Nov 2016Rumours Nightclub Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5ER
Received 4 Oct 2018Land Opposite Penrhyn Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6PR
Received 2 Feb 2018Development 70 Meters East Of Europa Plain Groes-pluen Welshpool Powys SY21 9BW
Received 3 Jun 2019Development At Y-fferm Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6JA
Received 20 Feb 2020Blaencwmawr Dolau Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6UR
Received 21 May 2018South Court Park Terrace Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AU
Received 29 Aug 2018Land At Elan Oaks Barn Elan Valley Rhayader Powys LD6 5HN
Received 4 Jun 2018Proposed Affordable Dwelling Newbridge-on-wye Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6HS
Received 4 Jun 2018Ty Issa Winllan Lane Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain SY22 6TN
Received 28 Aug 20183 The Paddock Llanyre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6NG
Received 9 May 2019Overhead Line The Chalet Clawdd Llesg Bron Fedw Meifod SY22 6YF
Received 29 Aug 201920 Brickfield Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BS
Received 7 Nov 2016Prestbury House Arddleen Welshpool Powys SY21 9LF
Received 31 Aug 2016Llysun Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0EL
Received 13 Apr 2017Maesgwyn Llansantffraid Powys SY22 6SX
Received 4 Jan 20172 Graig Villas Graig Fach Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AR
Received 24 Nov 2016Clyrun Fach Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 7JN
Received 30 Aug 2019Phase Two Development Crabtree Green Llandrindod Powys
Received 1 May 2019Garth Ucha Moelygarth Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9BX
Received 1 Aug 2016Delta Services Workshop Llangyniew Welshpool SY21 0JY
Received 4 Oct 2019Tanyfron Meifod Powys SY22 6BP
Received 20 Nov 2017Tanyfron Meifod Powys SY22 6BP
Received 20 Nov 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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