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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.
12,155 approved · 1,272 refused · 1,301 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Penllwyn Farm Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5EW
Received 18 Sept 2017Land At Tynllan Farm Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 24 Oct 2017Plot Adjacent To Woodlands Pontrobert Meifod Powys
Received 2 Feb 2018Church Bank House Church Bank Montgomery SY15 6PU
Received 16 Apr 2019Baxter Mill Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DH
Received 8 Sept 2017Fronlwyd Hirnant Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr SY10 0HP
Received 3 Jul 2020Church Bank House Church Bank Montgomery SY15 6PU
Received 13 Mar 2019Church Bank House Church Bank Montgomery SY15 6PU
Received 6 Mar 2019Overhead Line At Land South Of Old Malthouse Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys
Received 17 Oct 2019Aethnen Belan Ystryd Y Ceunant Llanfechain SY22 6XQ
Received 3 Dec 2019Plot Adjacent To Coed Llys Meifod Powys
Received 29 Nov 2019Cwmdwygo Llangynog Oswestry Powys SY10 0HJ
Received 10 Jul 2018Overhead Power Line Courthouse Lane Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys
Received 28 May 2019Plot West South West Of Roundabout Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 28 Aug 2018Land At Rhiw Fawr Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JQ
Received 4 Apr 2018Land At Farchwel Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JF
Received 24 Aug 2017Unit 4A Severn Farm Industrial Estate Welshpool Powys SY21 7DF
Received 29 Apr 2019Dam View Llanwddyn Oswestry SY10 0LZ
Received 1 Sept 2017Y Maesydd Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9LA
Received 15 Mar 2019Welshpool High School Salop Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7RE
Received 7 May 2019Wernllwyd Berriew Welshpool SY21 8AA
Received 1 Jul 2019Meadow View Bungalow Mochdre Lane Newotwn Powys SY16 4JN
Received 5 Sept 2019Broom Cottage 38 Mount Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7LW
Received 30 Sept 20195 High Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7JF
Received 7 Nov 2018Records 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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