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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.
12,673 approved · 1,327 refused · 1,338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The North Of Pentrefelin Sennybridge LD3 8TT
Received 13 Jan 2023Unit 10 East Street Enterprise Park Rhayader LD6 5ER
Received 23 Jan 2023Lower Fawnog Fawnog Lane Upper Sarnau Llanymynech SY22 6QW
Received 19 Aug 2022Lower Fawnog Fawnog Lane Upper Sarnau Llanymynech SY22 6QW
Received 19 Aug 2022Land At Trawscoed And At Orchard Croft Llandrinio Llandrinio Powys
Received 7 Dec 2022206 Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1QT
Received 17 Oct 202156 Heol Eglwys Coelbren Neath SA10 9PF
Received 19 Jul 2023Land At 89 Gorof Road Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea SA9 1DS
Received 15 Dec 2022Hendre Fach Old Farmhouse Rhayader LD6 5PB
Received 19 Dec 2022Gors Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PS
Received 9 Feb 2021Perthycolli Rhosgoch Builth Wells Powys LD2 3JT
Received 30 Sept 2021Old Vicarage Criggion Lane Tre-Wern Welshpool SY5 9AY
Received 4 Aug 2021Land At Yr Ysgol Ystradgynlais SA9 1LQ
Received 9 Apr 2021Montgomery Natural Spring Water Crosslikey Supermarket Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AR
Received 30 Sept 2020Stockley Cottages Erwood Builth Wells Powys
Received 15 Oct 2021Unity House Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SG
Received 3 Feb 2021Land To The West Of Craig Goch Reservoir Elan Valley Trust Elan Valley Rhayader, Powys LD6 5HS
Received 30 Jun 2022Llwynpiod Garth Llangamarch Powys LD4 4AU
Received 21 Nov 2022Cefn Gribin New Road Llanfyllin SY22 5EN
Received 11 Dec 2019Land To The South Of Welshpool Rugby Club Welshpool SY21 8NS
Received 16 Mar 2022Land To The South Of Welshpool Rugby Club Welshpool SY21 8NS
Received 16 Mar 2022Waverleigh Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5SE
Received 3 Nov 2021Parc View New Road Llanfair Caereinion Y Trallwng Powys SY21 0HR
Received 8 Apr 2021Unit 8 Woodlands Business Park Ystradgynlais SA9 1JW
Received 1 Nov 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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