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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.
12,739 approved · 1,336 refused · 1,344 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plots At The Site Of The Old Saw Mills Erwood Brecon Powys LD2 3PQ
Received 2 Mar 2021Land At And Surrounding Nant Helen Open Cast Coal Site, Powys And Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot
Received 3 Jun 2024Land At And Surrounding Nant Helen Open Cast Coal Site, Powys And Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot
Received 7 Jun 2024Nant Helen Surface Mine Coelbren Neath Powys
Received 14 Jun 2024Calcot Hall Domgay Lane Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SJ
Received 7 Feb 2020Calcot Hall Domgay Lane Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SJ
Received 7 Feb 2020The Gaer Gaer Lane Meifod SY22 6XX
Received 22 May 2020Land Adj Wharf Cottage Gurnos Road Ystradgynlais Powys
Received 27 Sept 2023Land At PWLL Farm Hendomen Montgomery Powys SY15 6EZ
Received 3 Nov 2017Little Orchard Coed Lane Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AB
Received 14 Nov 2017Jewson (Builders Merchant) Sawmills Station Road Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SS
Received 21 Dec 2022The works are at NGR SN95215557 and NGR SN 95102 55630
Received 12 Dec 2022Existing Hillside & Hilltop Quarry Near Tredomen Llangorse Brecon Powys LD3 0RL
Received 30 May 2023Land At Trawscoed And At Orchard Croft Llandrinio Powys
Received 17 Aug 2021Land At Broadaxe Farm Broadaxe Presteigne Powys LD8 2LA
Received 20 Jan 2020Land At Llanfilo For New Stables And Arena Talgarth Powys
Received 27 Oct 2021Hawks Rise Bwlch-Y-Sarnau Rhayader LD1 6PW
Received 22 Nov 2021Beguildy C In W School Beguildy Knighton LD7 1YE
Received 2 Jun 2020Land At Pytindu Bungalow Llanddew Brecon Powys LD3 9SU
Received 22 Oct 202119 Heol Twrch Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea SA9 2TD
Received 17 May 202223 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RN
Received 29 Apr 2021Radnor Hills Water Company Ltd Heartsease Farm Knighton Powys LD7 1LU
Received 21 Dec 20203 Nelson Place Union Street Welshpool SY21 7PQ
Received 30 Apr 202116 Glannant Terrace Glanrhyd Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1BD
Received 23 Sept 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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