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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.
11,585 approved · 1,196 refused · 1,238 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Nov 2017 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Pentwyn Farm Abergwesyn Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4TP
Received 7 Oct 2019Abercynithon Nantyrarian Road Llanynis Builth Wells LD2 3HH
Received 7 Oct 2019Pont Aur Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1BP
Received 17 Nov 2021Land Adjacent To Moorlands Llanyre Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EA
Received 13 Jun 202378 Commercial Street Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1LA
Received 3 Mar 2020Erection Of A New Affordable Dwelling At The Land To The South West Of Maesglas Pontfaen Aberhonddu Powys
Received 27 Mar 2020Cefnmachllys Talachddu Brecon LD3 9TH
Received 13 Jan 2020Talarddu Llanfaredd Builth Wells LD2 3UE
Received 13 Jan 2020Tregare, Barns At Tregare Gwenddwr Builth Wells LD2 3BZ
Received 19 Feb 2020Wernhalog Farm Llanfaredd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TE
Received 7 Oct 2019Land At Esgair Dafydd Forest Llanwrtyd Wells Powys
Received 24 Jul 2019Gyrnos Gwenddwr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3HX
Received 20 Sept 2019RWAS Showground Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SY
Received 10 Sept 2019Penrhos County Primary School Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1PX
Received 19 Feb 2022Hafotty Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 7JN
Received 9 Feb 2022Land At Maes Y Cae Disserth Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TL
Received 17 Feb 2022Land At Pencaemelyn Llandefaelog Fach Brecon LD3 9TN
Received 27 Sept 2021Solar Farm At Bryn Henllys Cwm-Twrch Uchaf Abertawe SA9 2XX
Received 13 Dec 2021Development Land At 21 Cwmphil Road Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea SA9 1DE
Received 3 Nov 2021Land At Coedbach Franksbridge Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SA
Received 19 Nov 2021Building To the Rear of 73 Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1HH
Received 26 Mar 2025New Dwelling At Cwmgwenddwr Gwenddwr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3HZ
Received 29 Sept 2025Tynllan Farm Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9AL
Received 17 Sept 2025Development Off Hospital Road Hospital Road Builth Wells Powys
Received 11 Jul 2024Records 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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