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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.
12,620 approved · 1,325 refused · 1,333 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 2017 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 North Of Upper Esgairhiw Rhayader Powys LD6 5PD
Received 12 Jul 2022Rose Cottage Upper Chapel Brecon Powys LD3 9RG
Received 9 Jun 2022Babylon Pant-Y-Dwr Rhayader LD6 5LR
Received 4 May 2022Nantyffin Llanfihangel-Nant-Bran Brecon LD3 9LU
Received 27 Apr 2022Preserved Timber Products Builth Road Builth Wells Powys LD2 3RG
Received 12 Apr 2022Rhosforgan Pant-Y-Dwr Rhayader Powys LD6 5LW
Received 6 May 2022Land At Ysgiog Ysgiog Farm Builth Wells LD2 3YP
Received 30 May 20222 North Road Builth Wells LD2 3BT
Received 25 May 2022High School Bungalow Dyffryn Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AN
Received 15 Jun 2022Plot 3 Wyevale Erwood Builth Wells Powys
Received 8 Jul 20228 Mount View Llanfechain Powys SY22 6XJ
Received 25 Aug 2022Co-Operative Garage Station Road Llanelwedd Builth Wells LD2 3SS
Received 11 Apr 2022Dan Y Llan Garthbrengy Brecon Powys LD3 9TG
Received 6 May 2022Plas Mawr Trallong Brecon Powys LD3 8HP
Received 20 Apr 2022Cefn Coed Isaf U2124 Access To Cefncoed Isaf Llanfihangel Llanfyllin SY22 5JF
Received 7 Feb 2022Land At Mynydd For Installation Of A 20M Lattice Tower Cefn Coch Welshpool Powys
Received 1 Mar 2022Cwm Graig Dolfor Newtown SY16 4AF
Received 8 Feb 2022White House Middletown Welshpool SY21 8ES
Received 4 Apr 2022Land At Alltybrain For Installation Of A 20M Lattice Tower Sarnau Brecon Powys
Received 3 Mar 2022The Hollies Cae Celyn Llanymynech Powys SY22 6EN
Received 17 Jan 2022Froncoed Llanyre Llandrindod Wells LD1 6DY
Received 3 Oct 2022Llyr Llanyre Llandrindod Wells LD1 6EA
Received 20 May 2022Caru Nyth Garth Llangamarch Wells Powys LD4 4AS
Received 6 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To The Cemetery Llanfihangel-yng-ngwynfa Llanfyllin Powys
Received 10 Nov 2021Records 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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