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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.
12,116 approved · 1,264 refused · 1,295 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Severn House Back Lane Criggion Shrewsbury SY5 9BE
Received 15 Jan 2020The Smithy Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9ND
Received 30 Jun 2020Long Meadow Bacheldre Lanee Tre-wern Welshpool Powys SY21 8EG
Received 2 Oct 2019Plot Directly Adjacent To 3 Belan Fields Cegidfa Y Trallwng Powys
Received 18 Jul 2019Land East Of Hand And Diamond PH Coedway Crew Green Powys SY5 9AR
Received 2 Aug 20194 Birch Close Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6NH
Received 17 Dec 201934 High Street Welshpool SY21 7JL
Received 13 Feb 2020Coed Trefe Tregynon Newtown Powys SY16 3PE
Received 18 Aug 2017Plot Adjacent To Coed Llys Meifod Powys
Received 30 Aug 2018Welshpool Cricket And Rugby Union Football Club Maes Y Dre Play Area Howell Road Welshpool SY21 7SU
Received 25 Sept 2018Blowty Bach Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PY
Received 17 Jul 2018Miniafon Meifod Powys SY22 6TH
Received 29 Mar 2018Gelli Farm Cross Lane Llansanffraid Ym Mechain Powys SY22 6SZ
Received 15 Mar 2018Cynefin Pen-Rhos Llanymynech SY22 6QB
Received 23 Jan 2019The Willows Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9LA
Received 12 Sept 2019Maesgwyn Uchaf Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9DE
Received 17 Jun 2019Adwywynt Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JD
Received 18 Jul 2020Welshpool - Pool Quay Welshpool Powys
Received 25 Mar 201914 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7SD
Received 8 Nov 201814 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7SD
Received 8 Nov 2018Meadow Place Weston Road Minsterley Shrewsbury Powys SY5 0JJ
Received 25 Feb 20192 Severn Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7AB
Received 8 Nov 2018Ponderosa C2107 From Junction With B4392 By Burland To Junction By Corner House Guilsfield Welshpool SY22 6QL
Received 7 Mar 2019Development Off Swallows Meadow Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 14 Mar 2019Records 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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