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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
15,427 approved · 1,499 refused · 1,551 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tanycoed Monaughty Knighton Powys LD7 1NU
Received 23 Jan 2019Bryn Titli Wind Farm Llangurig Llanidloes Powys
Received 24 Jan 2019Land Near Tynddol Barn Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6YH
Received 14 Mar 2019Bailey Bridge Pipe Development Elan Valley Rhaeadr Gwy Powys
Received 19 Oct 2018Land Adjoining Nant Glas Church Nant Glas Llandrindod Wells LD1 6PA
Received 5 Mar 2019Land Adjoining Nant Glas Church Nant Glas Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6PA
Received 5 Mar 2019Elan Village Rhayader LD6 5HP
Received 2 Nov 2018Eric Evans Car Sales Station Crescent Llandrindod Wells LD1 5BE
Received 5 Dec 201815 Knapplands Newbridge-On-Wye Llandrindod Wells LD1 6LF
Received 25 Feb 2019The Lluest Rhos-y-meirch Knighton Powys LD7 1PD
Received 1 Apr 2019Cae Henfron South Street Rhayader Powys LD6 5BH
Received 29 Mar 201923 Holcombe Drive Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6DN
Received 22 Feb 2019Ridgefield Nantmel Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6EW
Received 8 Feb 2019Gwalia House Market Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5BX
Received 13 Feb 2018Gwalia House 4 Market Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5BX
Received 13 Feb 2018Cambrian Yard West Street Rhayader Powys LD6 5AB
Received 14 Aug 2018Dolassey Farm Bleddfa Knighton LD7 1PA
Received 16 Oct 2018Outbuilding At Trederwen House Arddleen Llanymynech Powys SY22 6PY
Received 25 May 20173 Aberrhaeadr Cottages Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0AG
Received 19 Jul 2017Old School Hall Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 27 Dec 2017Old School Hall Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 27 Dec 2017The Lodge Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3HL
Received 25 May 2017Meifod Chruch Meifod Powys
Received 26 Apr 2017Plot West Of Chapel Dolau Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6UP
Received 21 May 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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