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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.
13,846 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Feb 2016 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Salop Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7FA
Received 5 Jan 202258 Mill Road Knighton Powys LD7 1RT
Received 26 Jul 202158 Mill Road Knighton Powys LD7 1RT
Received 26 Jul 2021Street House Llandysilio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RB
Received 14 Dec 2020Street House Llandysilio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RB
Received 14 Dec 20205 Sarn-Y-Bryn-Caled Belan Welshpool Powys SY21 8SA
Received 21 Feb 2020Maes Nant Llanthomas Lane Llanigon Hereford Powys HR3 5PU
Received 7 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To Belin Mount Crew Green Shrewsbury Powys
Received 19 Nov 2020Outbuilding At Upper Snead Snead Montgomery Powys SY15 6EB
Received 22 Oct 202033 Castle Road Presteigne Powys LD8 2DY
Received 22 Jun 202130 Warden Close Presteigne Powys LD8 2DH
Received 21 Apr 2021Land At New House Sarn Newtown Powys SY16 4ER
Received 23 Jun 20217 Meadow View Newtown Powys SY16 1NU
Received 6 Apr 2022Valley View Groes-pluen Welshpool Powys SY21 9BW
Received 19 Jan 2022Smithy Park Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6ND
Received 10 Mar 2020Town House Beguildy Knighton Powys LD7 1YG
Received 9 Sept 2021Land Next To Manteg Mochdre Newtown SY16 4JJ
Received 9 Sept 2021Hawks Rise Bwlch-Y-Sarnau Rhayader LD1 6PW
Received 25 May 2021Tynybanadl Bettws Cedewain Newtown Powys SY16 3LG
Received 24 Aug 2021Woodpecker Hall Montgomery Powys SY15 6HB
Received 20 Nov 2020Woodpecker Hall Montgomery Powys SY15 6HB
Received 20 Nov 2020Hawks Rise (Formerly Old Forestry Depot) Bwlch-y-sarnau Rhayader Powys LD1 6PW
Received 25 May 2021The Old Sawmills Tregynon Newtown Powys SY16 3PL
Received 21 Apr 2021Court Cottage 1 St David s Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BP
Received 10 Aug 2021Records 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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