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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.
13,849 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Birches Rhos-y-meirch Knighton Powys LD7 1PE
Received 11 Jan 202110 Will s View Norton Presteigne LD8 2RS
Received 13 Jan 2021Riverside Cottage Station Road Knighton Powys LD7 1DT
Received 17 Mar 2021Well Cottage Cannon s Lane Presteigne Powys LD8 2AB
Received 14 Oct 2020Adj To The Meadows Hatfield Meadows Knighton Powys LD7 1RY
Received 25 Nov 20201 Mill Gardens Off Mill Road (The Cwm) Knighton Powys LD7 1HF
Received 9 Dec 20202 The Old Coach House Church Road Knighton Powys LD7 1ED
Received 17 Mar 2021Vastre Industrial Estate, Unit D- Heol Vastre Newtown SY16 1DZ
Received 20 Jan 2021Nantygroes Farm Whitton Knighton LD7 1NP
Received 6 Aug 2021Bryn Thomas Penybont Llandrindod Wells LD1 5SP
Received 22 Jun 2021Rhos Old Farm Trelystan Leighton Powys SY21 8JB
Received 13 Oct 2020Bethel House Mount Street Welshpool SY21 7PA
Received 30 Sept 2020Green Acres Norton Manor Park Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EG
Received 26 Aug 2020Bron Y Buckley Woods Welshpool SY21 7NQ
Received 29 Sept 2020The Vicarage Bettws Cedewain Newtown SY16 3DS
Received 15 Sept 2021Land Near Caersws (grid Ref 301259 293178) And Carno (grid Ref 295013 296971), Powys
Received 23 Sept 2020Land Directly West Of The Firs Churchstoke Montgomery Powys
Received 27 Jul 2021The Old Pumphouse Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4DN
Received 17 Mar 2021Maesneuadd Pont Robert Meifod SY22 6JP
Received 15 Oct 202127 Old Market Meadows Penybont Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5US
Received 28 May 2021Westray Bowling Green Lane Knighton LD7 1DS
Received 21 Sept 2021Land At Former Awelfa Red Bank Welshpool Powys SY21 7PL
Received 4 May 2022Car Park Mill Lane Welshpool SY21 7DY
Received 7 Jun 2022St Llwchaiarn s Church Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 21 Aug 2020Records 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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