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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.
12,653 approved · 1,326 refused · 1,338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Stables Glasbury Hereford Powys HR3 5NU
Received 12 Jul 2023Argoed Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5QT
Received 9 Nov 2020Land At Merryfield Oaklands Builth Wells Powys LD2 3ER
Received 7 Dec 2020Land At Salop Road Welshpool Powys
Received 1 Dec 2020Land Adj To Buttercup House Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AH
Received 27 Aug 2020Land At Caerau Farm Beulah Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4UF
Received 6 Mar 2023Corn Barn Erwood Builth Wells Powys LD2 3PJ
Received 19 May 2023Mid Wales Shooting Centre Ffinant Farm Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5QY
Received 14 Jan 2021Crown Buildings 11 Broad Street Builth Wells LD2 3DT
Received 16 Nov 2022Oak House Farm Tirabad Llangammarch Wells Powys LD4 4DU
Received 24 Nov 2022Land To The North Of Wern Lane Wern Lane Sarn SY16 4EL
Received 28 Mar 2024Land West Of Onllwyn Road, Neath Powys
Received 14 Jul 2023Llwynderw Hall Llwynderw Welshpool Powys SY21 8SF
Received 25 Feb 2021Llwynfilly Farm Ffordd Las Llanigon HR3 5QG
Received 11 Feb 2021Cymru Deg Adjoining Llanwern Market Garden Llanwern Brecon LD3 0TN
Received 4 Mar 2021Land At Cwmtawe Uchaf Farm Abercrave Swansea SA9 1SW
Received 13 May 2021Pant Glas Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DP
Received 31 Mar 2021Brochen Field Barn Llysdinam Newbridge On Wye Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6ND
Received 4 Aug 2021Walnut Barn Bausley Crew Green Powys SY5 9BL
Received 19 Mar 2021Lower Draen Llanfilo Brecon Powys LD3 0RG
Received 19 Apr 20211 & 2 Cwm Tawe Road Pen-rhos Ystradgynlais Swansea Powys SA9 1QU
Received 2 Jun 2021Llwynderw Hall Llwynderw Welshpool Powys SY21 8SF
Received 25 Feb 2021Glynllwyd Aberyscir Brecon LD3 9LT
Received 13 Dec 2022Cwm Ffynnon Cefn Gorwydd Llangamarch Powys LD4 4DW
Received 19 Dec 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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