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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
15,473 approved · 1,502 refused · 1,557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2011 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cefngwyrgrug Aberhosan Machynlleth Powys SY20 8RE
Received 26 Sept 2016Pantytanhouse Fach Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0JU
Received 18 Jan 2017Ty Mawr Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0LS
Received 26 Jan 2017Bryn Pistyll Llangynog Oswestry Powys SY10 0EZ
Received 15 Nov 2016Ty Uchaf Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JA
Received 25 Oct 201615 Market Street Knighton Powys LD7 1EY
Received 9 Aug 2016Y Bwthyn Gwyn Llanwrin Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SS
Received 31 Oct 2016Moorland House Rhosgoch Builth Wells Powys LD2 3JU
Received 4 Aug 201625 Poplar Square Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BX
Received 28 Nov 2016Cefn Golau Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6DN
Received 5 Oct 2016Gwernaffel Farm Knighton Powys LD7 1SE
Received 17 Apr 2018Y Bwthyn Gwyn Llanwrin Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SS
Received 9 Mar 20171 Cecil Lodge Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5EY
Received 5 Oct 2018Plot Adjacent 18 Guidfa Meadows Crossgates Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6RY
Received 24 Sept 2018Glebelands Tregynon Newtown SY16 3EH
Received 8 May 20176 Belan Fields Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9NW
Received 20 Feb 2017Brydyr Forge Machynlleth Powys SY20 8RR
Received 21 Oct 2016The PWLL Meifod Powys SY22 6XZ
Received 22 Dec 2016Gore Quarry Walton Presteigne LD8 2PL
Received 17 Oct 2025Development At Part Os 4892 Three Cocks Brecon Powys LD3 0SJ
Received 19 Mar 2013Erection Of Five Dwellings At Land Opposite Tynllan Farm Castell Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 12 Mar 2020Valley View Holiday Park Pentre r-beirdd Guilsfield Powys SY21 9DL
Received 6 Jan 2020Maesdyfnant Llanwydyn Oswestry SY10 0NL
Received 11 Jun 2019Plot Adjacent To Gwenygoe Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4EW
Received 9 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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