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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pendref Chapel High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5BB
Received 15 Dec 2016Powis Castle Estate Red Lane Welshpool Powys SY21 8RG
Received 1 Sept 2016Wern View Varchoel Lane Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9LQ
Received 26 Oct 2016Pendref Chapel High Street Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5BB
Received 15 Dec 2016Town Hall High Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7JQ
Received 31 Oct 2016Town Hall High Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7JQ
Received 31 Oct 2016Street Record Penrhos Farm Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QH
Received 26 Aug 2016Land Adjacent To Windy Ridge Arddleen Llanymynech Powys SY22 6PY
Received 6 Oct 2016Trederwen Caravan Site Llansanffraid Powys SY22 6SY
Received 3 Nov 2016The Station Grill High Street Llansanffraid Powys SY22 6AD
Received 1 Feb 2017New Unit C1 Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys
Received 11 Aug 2016Cefndyrys Lodge Llanelwedd Builth Wells LD2 3TF
Received 7 Jan 2026Existing Poultry Site At Gaufron Howey Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RG
Received 18 Jan 2017Ystym Colwyn Meifod Powys SY22 6XT
Received 19 Oct 20166 Hafod Cottages Parc Hafod Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6NX
Received 22 Sept 2016Land Adjacent To Fairview Llangedwyn Oswestry Powys SY22 6YG
Received 13 Sept 2016Land At Manor House Meifod Powys SY22 6BT
Received 3 Feb 2017Red House Newbridge-On-Wye Llandrindod Wells LD1 6HT
Received 25 Jan 2017Old Welshpool Livestock Market Mill Lane Welshpool Powys SY21 7BL
Received 13 Sept 2016Red House Newbridge-On-Wye Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6HT
Received 8 Feb 2017Pentre Ucha Llansilin Oswestry SY10 7QH
Received 19 Oct 2016Tycoch Llandysilio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QZ
Received 9 Nov 2016Llandrinio Methodist Church Hendre Lane Rhos Common Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RN
Received 12 Sept 2016Four Crosses Brithdir Llanfyllin SY22 5HA
Received 12 Sept 2023Records 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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