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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.
12,556 approved · 1,318 refused · 1,330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garden Plot 41 Hospital Road Builth Wells Powys
Received 19 Apr 2024Garden Plot 41 Hospital Road Builth Wells Powys
Received 19 Apr 2024Harpton Lodge Walton Presteigne Powys LD8 2RB
Received 29 Jul 202414 Clos Gungrog Welshpool SY21 7XG
Received 5 Jan 2026Lamb House Glasbury Hereford Powys HR3 5LH
Received 2 Feb 2026Forest View Llanbister Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 28 Nov 2025The Ffridd Berriew Welshpool SY21 8AT
Received 28 Nov 2025Land 760 Metres Southwest Of Cefncynfal Llanddewi Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6SL
Received 10 Oct 2025Foel Coppice Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Powys
Received 21 Mar 2024Upper Cwmbrith Trawsty Newydd Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SR
Received 12 Dec 2024Coed Mawr Oakley Park Llandinam SY18 6LS
Received 15 Mar 2024Upper Gwestydd Upper Gwestydd Lane Cefn Mawr Newtown SY16 3LA
Received 19 Mar 2024Agricultural Building At Land 260 Metres Southwest Of Tyle Glas Frarm Felindre Brecon Powys LD3 0TA
Received 22 Jan 2025Llanbwchllyn Llandeilo Graban Builth Wells Powys LD2 3YQ
Received 6 Feb 2026Castle Farm Brilley Whitney-On-Wye HR3 6HL
Received 9 Oct 2024New Dwelling Development Adjacent South Of Park View Glyncynwal Road Upper Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys SA9 2UR
Received 8 Aug 2025Gwern Isaf Wernished Llyswen Brecon LD3 0NW
Received 12 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To 37 Gorof Road Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys
Received 17 Mar 20261 Astoria Place Derwen Road Ystradgynlais SA9 1HW
Received 27 Jan 2025Land Adjacent West Of Edw Crescent Aberedw Builth Wells LD2 3HU
Received 16 Oct 2024Troedyrharn Garthbrengy Brecon LD3 9TN
Received 2 May 2024Tryfan Cradoc Brecon LD3 9PD
Received 5 Jun 2024Clyro Wastewater Treatment Works Kilverts Mill Clyro Hereford Powys
Received 2 Sept 2024Plot (glen View) Adj Fernhill Llangammarch Wells Powys
Received 26 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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