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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Craignant Painscastle Builth Wells LD2 3JQ
Received 1 Aug 2018Barn F Cabalva Farm Whitney-On-Wye Hereford HR3 6EX
Received 17 Jul 2018Cabalva Farm Whitney-On-Wye Hereford HR3 6EX
Received 17 Jul 201824 West Street Builth Wells Powys LD2 3AL
Received 3 Aug 2017Cross Cottage 16 George Road Knighton Powys LD7 1HF
Received 11 Jan 2019Land At Gwernfach Betws Disserth Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RW
Received 21 Feb 2019Bell Cottage Scottleton Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BG
Received 25 Feb 2019Old Railway Line Nursery Three Cocks Brecon Powys LD3 0SG
Received 14 Nov 2018Land At The Rhos Franksbridge Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5SA
Received 13 Mar 2019Splinter Wood Knighton Powys LD7 1PG
Received 5 Dec 2018The Green Bettws Disserth Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RP
Received 6 Mar 2019Railsgate Fields Railsgate Kinnerton Presteigne Powys LD8 2PD
Received 18 Mar 2019Warren Villa Garage Wherby Lane Presteigne Powys LD8 2DP
Received 8 Feb 2019Rhosgurmin Rhosgoch Builth Wells Powys LD2 3JU
Received 22 Mar 2019Corner House High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 9 Nov 2018Corner House High Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2BE
Received 7 Nov 2018The Dead House St Cynog s Church Station Road Bochrwyd Brecon Powys
Received 30 Apr 2019Co-Operative Garage Station Road Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SS
Received 24 Oct 2017St Llyrs Church Llanyre Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6DY
Received 30 Oct 2017Cradoc Golf Club Penoyre Park Cradoc Brecon Powys LD3 9LP
Received 3 Nov 2017Quarry View 25 Cae Castell Builth Wells Powys LD2 3BE
Received 9 Nov 2017Talwen Fawr Garthbrengy Brecon Powys LD3 9TE
Received 31 Jul 2017Land At Pantycelyn Crickadarn Builth Wells Powys LD2 3BX
Received 6 Nov 2017Land At Formosa Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3RD
Received 21 Dec 2017Records 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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