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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.
13,848 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakwood Valley Lodges Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DB
Received 4 Oct 2022Holiday Pod Development At Land At Tyn Y Celyn Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 6 Jul 2022Fron Heulog Hirnant Pen-y-bont-fawr Oswestry Powys SY10 0HR
Received 16 Feb 2022Oakwood Valley Lodges Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DB
Received 4 Oct 20223 Brynmor Close Newtown SY16 3GB
Received 28 Apr 2021Purple Sycamores Ludlow Road Knighton LD7 1HP
Received 25 Mar 2021Rhos Farm Kinnerton Presteigne Powys LD8 2PD
Received 18 May 2021Upper House Rhos-y-meirch Knighton Powys LD7 1PD
Received 19 Aug 2021Land At New Mills Newtown Powys SY16 3NS
Received 23 Aug 2021Midland Bank House Broad Street Montgomery SY15 6PH
Received 24 Dec 2020Midland Bank House Broad Street Montgomery SY15 6PH
Received 24 Dec 2020Former Church Of St Andrews Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EN
Received 1 Mar 2021High Thorne Presteigne Road Knighton LD7 1HY
Received 13 Nov 2020Ty Mawr Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 7JW
Received 16 Feb 2021Ael-y-bryn Hyssington Montgomery Powys SY15 6AT
Received 9 Dec 2020Former Church Of St Andrew Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EY
Received 1 Mar 2021Land Adjacent To The Cemetery Llanfihangel-yng-ngwynfa Llanfyllin Powys
Received 27 Sept 2021Tynyberth Abbey Cwm-hir Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6PU
Received 6 Sept 202130 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RR
Received 25 Nov 2021W A P Mccolville Ltd Presteigne Powys LD8 2DU
Received 23 Jul 2021The Hollies Old Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6EL
Received 8 Sept 2021Land At Swallows Meadow Swallows Meadow Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 21 Dec 2021Bettws Hill Bwlch-y-ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3JN
Received 25 Aug 2021Castle Hill Farm Knucklas Knighton LD7 1PS
Received 12 Apr 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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