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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Nursery Meifod Powys SY22 6YF
Received 7 Dec 2020Land North Of Y Bryn Meifod Powys SY22 6DF
Received 26 Feb 2021Ty Croes Llanymynech Powys SY22 6ER
Received 30 Sept 202021 High Street Llanfyllin SY22 5AA
Received 12 Oct 2020Plot Adjacent To Aelybryn Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 7PX
Received 19 Mar 2019New Dwelling Maes Mochnant Isaf Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0AE
Received 5 Nov 2018Siamberwen Hirnant Pen-y-bont-fawr Powys SY10 0HZ
Received 16 May 201922 Maes Y Derwen Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant Oswestry SY10 0LE
Received 6 Feb 2019Dolanog Hydro Mill Farm Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0LG
Received 23 Nov 2018Welshpool High School Gallowstree Bank Welshpool Powys SY21 7RE
Received 12 Mar 2019Land Adjacent To Brynderw Park Street Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0JJ
Received 4 Mar 2019Pant Mawr Llanfyllin SY22 5EN
Received 6 Oct 2020Highfield Farm Meifod Powys SY22 6DT
Received 16 Jul 2018Tanyfron Meifod Powys SY22 6BP
Received 9 Sept 20203 Dolafon Estate Pen-Y-Bont-Fawr Oswestry SY10 0PA
Received 29 Sept 2020Trefnanney School Gaer Lane Meifod Powys SY22 6XX
Received 7 Oct 2020Hendy Wind Farm Project Proposed Electricity Substation Land South East Of Crossway, Howey Underground Electricity Cable Route Connections Between Hendy And Howey, Llandrindod Wells
Received 14 Jul 2023Land At Dolafon Newtown Road Llanidloes Powys SY18 6AT
Received 27 Oct 2021Land South Of Llanidloes Road Newtown Powys
Received 21 Dec 2021Barn At Cwmbyr Newtown Powys SY16 4JU
Received 22 Jul 2021Cae Fynnon Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5NE
Received 19 Jul 2016Development At Land Adjacent To The Fron, Middletown, Welshpool, Powys
Received 3 Jan 20174 Glan Llyn Cradoc Brecon LD3 9LR
Received 14 Jun 2023Tanyffridd Farm Meifod Powys SY22 6HT
Received 22 Jul 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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