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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Wye View Terrace Builth Road Builth Wells LD2 3RL
Received 26 Jul 2023Maesllyn 19 North Road Builth Wells Powys LD2 3BU
Received 7 Jun 2023Former Motorworld Site Gas Street Newtown Powys SY16 2AD
Received 16 Apr 2024Rural Enterprise Dwelling Llanerfyl Welshpool Powys SY21 0JQ
Received 12 Apr 2024Llwyn Coch Barns Bettws Cedewain Newtown SY16 3DX
Received 16 Oct 2024Lime Kiln Cottage Rhallt Lane Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 9JP
Received 29 Nov 2024Residential Development At Church Farm Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8FD
Received 14 Oct 2024Land Adj Green Field House Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys
Received 28 Nov 2024First And Second Floor Offices Bear Lanes Shopping Centre Broad Street Newtown SY16 2QZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Land To The North Of Coppice Lane Coppice Lane Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9JX
Received 2 Oct 2024Unit A Vastre Industrial Estate Heol Vastre Newtown Powys SY16 1DZ
Received 21 Nov 2024Estate Office At Woodlands Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NP
Received 28 Mar 2025Formerly Coelbran Health Centre 1 Heol Eglwys Coelbren Neath Powys SA10 9PF
Received 17 May 2023Land Adjacent The Street Llandysilio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RB
Received 28 Nov 2022Garden In Grounds Of Barford House Barford Llanidloes Road Llanllwchaiarn Newtown Powys
Received 20 Sept 2022Station Garage Heol Y Doll Machynlleth SY20 8BH
Received 2 Sept 2022Henstent Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0EP
Received 29 Dec 2022Barn At Coppice Lane Coppice Lane Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9JY
Received 27 Jan 2026Proposed Agricultural Dwelling Llanfihangel Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5JF
Received 23 May 2024Old Gwernyfed Felindre Brecon Powys LD3 0SU
Received 26 Jul 2023Dyfnant Llanidloes Powys SY18 6HR
Received 1 Oct 2021Gellilas Rhayader LD6 5NS
Received 3 Nov 2021Land Adj Tesco Services Station Mill Lane Welshpool SY21 7BL
Received 3 Jan 2017Maesnewydd Meifod Powys SY22 6HP
Received 3 Dec 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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