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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.
12,722 approved · 1,334 refused · 1,343 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gigrin Farm Rhayader LD6 5BL
Received 11 Oct 2022Rose Cottage Upper Chapel Brecon LD3 9RG
Received 16 Jan 202317 Commercial Street Ystradgynlais SA9 1HD
Received 29 Aug 2022Glantwrch Bungalow Cwmphil Road Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys SA9 1DB
Received 28 Sept 2022Library Brook Street Welshpool SY21 7PH
Received 29 Mar 2019Mellowcroft Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UF
Received 26 Mar 2019Sunny View Caravan Park Bwlch-Y-Ffridd Newtown SY16 3JF
Received 23 Oct 2018Land At Former Clothing Factory Site West Street Knighton Powys LD7 1EN
Received 22 May 2019Development Off Glandwr Glandwr Newtown SY16 1JR
Received 14 Oct 2019Land At Maes Y Dre Beulah Road Llanwrtyd Wells Powys
Received 11 Mar 2019Belongawe Farm Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UE
Received 23 Nov 2017White Gritt Minsterley Powys SY5 0JL
Received 17 Oct 2017Drefor Farm Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4PQ
Received 5 Apr 2018Land Between The A458 And Tirgwynt Wind Farm Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JY
Received 7 Aug 2018Llavenya Hall Bank Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6EN
Received 18 Apr 2018Land Rear Of Caryleen Llandilo Graban Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SX
Received 6 Jul 2017Land At Ysgol Gymunedd Rhosgoch Rhosgoch Builth Wells Powys LD2 3JY
Received 20 Dec 2017Copper Beech 133 Heol Tawe Abercrave Swansea Powys SA9 1XS
Received 22 Sept 2023Land Adjacent Llanwrtyd Wells Railway Station Station Road Llanwrtyd Wells Powys
Received 6 Jun 2023Glandwr Erwood Builth Wells LD2 3TX
Received 22 Jun 2023Plot Between 84 & 86 Heol Gleien Heol Gleien Upper Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys SA9 2TZ
Received 13 Oct 2023Glyncelyn House Llanfilo Brecon LD3 0TY
Received 2 Sept 2022Glyncelyn House Llanfilo Brecon LD3 0TY
Received 2 Sept 2022The Garlands Coffee Shop Middleton Street Llandrindod Wells LD1 5DG
Received 25 Jan 2023Records 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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