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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.
13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2015 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 And Surrounding Nant Helen Open Cast Coal Site Powys And Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 May 2020Coelbren Neath
Received 31 Aug 2016Plot 5 Gobaith 65 Bronygaer Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5DF
Received 10 Jan 20177 Hereford Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AW
Received 14 Jul 20171 Bridge Street Knighton Powys LD7 1BT
Received 18 May 2017Carlton House Middleton Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5ET
Received 18 May 2017Heartsease Knighton Powys LD7 1LU
Received 5 May 2017Land At Heartsease Knighton Powys LD7 1LU
Received 5 May 2017Heartsease Knighton Powys LD7 1LU
Received 5 May 2017Cross Cottage 16 George Road Knighton Powys LD7 1HF
Received 25 Sept 20171 Wellington Terrace Wellington Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5NG
Received 3 Apr 20171 High Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6AG
Received 16 Mar 2017Ambers Norton Manor Park Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EG
Received 8 May 201724 High Street Knighton Powys LD7 1AT
Received 23 Aug 2017Clyro Primary School Clyro Hereford HR3 5LE
Received 13 Sept 2016Pentrosfa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5NL
Received 29 Jun 2017Plots 2 & 3 Slough Road Presteigne Powys LD8 2NH
Received 10 Jul 2017Crossing Garage Tremont Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5BH
Received 29 Mar 201719 Holcombe Drive Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6DN
Received 3 Apr 2017Site Adjacent To Pentrosfa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 11 May 2017Springhaven Howey Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5PL
Received 7 Feb 2017Pen-Y-Berllan Llowes Hereford HR3 5JU
Received 12 Jul 2016Boultibrooke Farm Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EU
Received 21 Aug 201759 Mill Cottage The CWM Mill Road Knighton Powys LD7 1RT
Received 10 Aug 2017Records 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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