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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower House Farm Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5RU
Received 18 Jan 2019Old Market Site Kinnerton Presteigne Powys LD8 2PD
Received 14 Dec 2017Tanyfron Meifod Powys SY22 6BP
Received 25 Apr 2017Tanyfron Meifod Powys SY22 6BP
Received 23 May 2017Ystrad House 1 Church Road Knighton Powys LD7 1EB
Received 1 Dec 2017Land At Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1HH
Received 12 Feb 2018Cwm Bwlch-y-ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3JD
Received 13 Sept 2018Penygarreg Farm Elan Valley Rhayader Powys LD6 5HS
Received 15 Feb 2018Lower House Farm Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5RU
Received 23 May 2018Abermule Business Park Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 14 Feb 2020Jasmine Cottage 6A High Street New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2SL
Received 17 Apr 2020Abermule Business Park Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 9 Apr 2020Land At Bryn Henllys Open Cast Mine Site Near Cwmllynfell Upper Cwmtwch Swansea Powys
Received 29 Apr 2020Land North Of Cwmgwilym Farm Talachddu Brecon Powys LD3 9TH
Received 20 Apr 2018Land At Lon Farm Nantmel Rhayader Powys LD6 5PE
Received 22 Mar 2018Gwern Tyddyn Llangurig Llanidloes Powys SY18 6QB
Received 20 Feb 2018Land To The Rear Of Greenfields Minfield Lane Bronllys Powys
Received 9 Oct 2018Abermule Business Park Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 22 Aug 2019Penrhos Farm Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain Powys SY22 6QH
Received 28 Feb 2019Land North Of Garn Fach Forestry Mochdre Newtown Powys
Received 17 Jan 2020Land At Rhydblawd Farm Disserth Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TL
Received 12 Apr 2019Land AdjoiningThe Meadows Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6NH
Received 2 Sept 2019Poultry Unit (Forest View) Llanbister Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6UL
Received 26 Oct 2018Land West Of The Street Four Crosses Powys SY22 6RE
Received 10 May 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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