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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunnyside Llanyre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6DY
Received 10 Oct 2017A E Gough & Sons Ddole Road Industrial Estate Llandrindod Wells LD1 6DF
Received 11 Apr 2017Penybont Inn Pen-Y-Bont Oswestry SY10 9JQ
Received 5 Jan 2017Tesco Stores Ltd Waterloo Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6BH
Received 12 Apr 20171,2 & 3 Castle Dyche Scottleton Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BL
Received 25 Apr 2017Tesco Stores Ltd Waterloo Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6BH
Received 12 Apr 2017Brookhouse Farm Cwmgilla Lane Knighton Powys LD7 1PG
Received 31 Aug 2017The Old Police Station High Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6BG
Received 25 Aug 2017Land At Old Parish Church Car Park Golf Links Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5NY
Received 22 Aug 2017Criggion Quarry Criggion Shrewsbury SY5 9BA
Received 9 Jul 2024Criggion Quarry Criggion Shrewsbury Powys SY5 9BA
Received 25 Jan 2024Criggion Quarry Criggion Shrewsbury SY5 9BA
Received 20 Dec 2024Land Between Montgomery Canal And River Vyrnwy NE Of Pentreheylin Hall Newbridge Llanymynech Powys
Received 14 Aug 2025The Rhos Holding Trelystan Leighton Powys SY21 8JB
Received 8 Aug 2025Solar Field Garthmyl Montgomery Powys SY15 6SE
Received 13 Jun 2025Land Adjoining Montgomery Canal East Of Walls Bridge Llanymynech Powys
Received 19 Mar 2025Land At Lime Kiln Cottage Buttington Cross Welshpool Powys SY21 9JP
Received 2 Apr 2025Land South Of Cwm Lane Castle Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 9AR
Received 28 Apr 2025Penrhos Farm Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain Powys SY22 6QH
Received 28 Nov 2024Parc Llwydiarth Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0QE
Received 17 Sept 2024Parc Llwydiarth Llangadfan Welshpool Powys SY21 0QE
Received 17 Sept 2024Proposed Solar Field (East Of A483) Garthmyl Montgomery Powys
Received 19 Sept 2024Site Opposite The Old Vicarage Llansilin Llansilin Oswestary SY10 7PX
Received 15 Jan 2025The Gables Llanfechain Powys SY22 6UQ
Received 6 Nov 2024Records 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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