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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To Tyn Y Ddol Tregynon Newtown Powys SY16 3LP
Received 14 Mar 2022Land Off Glandwr Garth Owen Newtown Powys SY16 1JP
Received 9 Sept 2021Car Park At Lake Vyrnwy Llanwddyn Oswestry SY10 0LZ
Received 12 Feb 2021Land Adjacent Tesco Service Station Mill Lane Welshpool Powys SY21 7BL
Received 27 Sept 2016Land Adjoining The Larches Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5NF
Received 6 Jan 2017Land Rear Of Spar Car Park Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AH
Received 6 Jan 2017Lower Cross Keys Inn High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AT
Received 20 Oct 2016Lower Crosskeys Inn High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5AT
Received 18 Oct 2016Penryn Gungrog Hall Welshpool Powys SY21 9HW
Received 10 Aug 2016Penryn Gungrog Hall Welshpool Powys SY21 9HW
Received 10 Aug 2016Wernllwyd Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8AA
Received 10 Aug 2016The Vine Arddleen Llanymynech SY22 6RU
Received 21 Nov 2016Llansilin Oswestry SY10 7QB
Received 6 Sept 2016Pant Rhedynog Dolanog Welshpool Powys SY21 0LS
Received 6 Jan 2021Corner House Meifod Powys SY22 6BZ
Received 15 Feb 2019Cefnblewog Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PW
Received 22 Feb 2019Lower Fawnog Fawnog Lane Upper Sarnau Llanymynech SY22 6QW
Received 24 Feb 2023Caebardd Sawmill Pentrebeirdd, Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9DJ
Received 20 Jun 2016Home Farm Llanerchydol Welshpool Powys SY21 9PQ
Received 27 Sept 2016Tyddyn Llwydian Cefn Coch Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant Oswestry SY10 0BQ
Received 16 Aug 2016Y Dolydd Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5LD
Received 5 Oct 201631 Market Street, Extending Over 30 Market Street And The Building To The Rear Of No 31 Newtown Powys SY16 2PG
Received 21 Sept 2021Land At Former Travis Perkins Site New Road Newtown Powys SY16 1AS
Received 10 Nov 2022Y Gilfach Isaf Llanidloes SY18 6EA
Received 13 Apr 2022Records 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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