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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Powys County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,440 approved · 1,091 refused · 1,124 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2018 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ty Celyn The Hall Abbey Cwm-hir Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6PH
Received 15 Nov 202437 Long Bridge Street Llanidloes Powys SY18 6EF
Received 13 May 202537 Long Bridge Street Llanidloes Powys SY18 6EF
Received 13 May 202529 Heol Y Doll Machynlleth SY20 8BH
Received 1 Aug 202529 Heol Y Doll Machynlleth SY20 8BH
Received 1 Aug 2025Cwmtawe Uchaf Farm Brecon Road Abercrave Swansea Powys SA9 1SW
Received 31 Jul 2024Noyadd Farm Rhayader Powys LD6 5HH
Received 19 Dec 2024Agents House Elan Valley Rhayader LD6 5HP
Received 6 Sept 2024Agents House Elan Valley Rhayader LD6 5HP
Received 6 Sept 2024Beaumonts Barn Bwlch-y-plain Knighton Powys
Received 10 Dec 202412 Maeshafren Caersws SY17 5HE
Received 20 Mar 2025Hafod Broad Street Presteigne LD8 2AD
Received 8 Oct 2024Hafod Broad Street Presteigne LD8 2AD
Received 8 Oct 20241 Star Villas Nantmel Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EN
Received 12 Nov 2024Peniarth Ucha Pen-y-bont-fawr Oswestry Powys SY10 0HW
Received 30 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To Dyfnant Llanidloes Powys
Received 20 Jan 2025Gwenlas Llanbadarn Fynydd Llandrindod Wells LD1 6YF
Received 5 Dec 202420 Foundry Terrace Llanidloes SY18 6AY
Received 28 Jan 2025Lorien Cortay Park Llanyre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6DT
Received 10 Dec 202418 Penmaes Rhayader LD6 5PN
Received 18 Dec 2024Co-Op Food 80 - 88 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EA
Received 28 Feb 2025Bradford House 13 Middleton Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5ET
Received 18 Sept 2024Upper Duffryn Cascob Presteigne LD8 2NT
Received 28 Nov 202422 Cae Crwn Machynlleth SY20 8HF
Received 31 Jan 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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