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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.
12,513 approved · 1,310 refused · 1,324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Millfields Hereford Street Presteigne LD8 2AT
Received 26 Jun 2023Millfields Hereford Street Presteigne LD8 2AT
Received 26 Jun 2023Oxenbrook Cottage Norton Presteigne LD8 2EN
Received 22 Feb 20239 Harper s Lane Presteigne LD8 2AN
Received 1 Jun 2022Plot Adjacent To Fold Farm Cottage Broad Street Presteigne Powys
Received 3 Nov 2021Lower Cwmdu Abbey Cwm-hir Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6PP
Received 6 Jun 2023Lower Cwmdu Abbey Cwm-Hir Llandrindod Wells LD1 6PP
Received 6 Jun 2023141 Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Swansea Powys SA9 1QL
Received 15 Feb 2024Highgate New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2TN
Received 26 Jun 2023Corner House High Street Presteigne LD8 2BE
Received 22 Oct 2021Corner House High Street Presteigne LD8 2BE
Received 22 Oct 2021Lower Woodhouse, Barn Knighton LD7 1LR
Received 4 Nov 20219 Harper s Lane Presteigne LD8 2AN
Received 14 Nov 2022Ty Newydd Cefn Coch Welshpool SY21 0AJ
Received 22 Nov 2022Land At Radnor Forest Lower Fishpools, Bleddfa Knighton Powys LD7 1PA
Received 20 Dec 2022The Birches Rhos-Y-Meirch Knighton LD7 1PE
Received 17 Oct 2022Plot Adj To Coed Ceirios Heyope Knighton Powys
Received 21 Nov 20221 Bryn Y Dre Garth Lane Knighton LD7 1SA
Received 17 Jan 2023Store & Workshop Building Adjoining 3 Brookside Knighton Powys LD7 1DW
Received 10 Feb 2022Beaumonts Barn Bwlch-y-plain Knighton Powys
Received 29 Nov 2021The Oxford Hereford Street Presteigne LD8 2AT
Received 6 Jun 2022Ivy House Broad Street Presteigne LD8 2AF
Received 4 Feb 2022Flat At 25-27 High Street Knighton LD7 1AU
Received 8 Jun 2022Plas Helyg Cefn Coch Welshpool SY21 0AJ
Received 10 Jun 2022Records 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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