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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13,851 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Fron Farm Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 9BW
Received 22 Feb 2024Land Near Glan Marteg St Harmon Rhayader Powys LD6 5LY
Received 1 Aug 2024Cabin At Cefn Farm Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain Powys SY22 6TF
Received 6 Oct 2023Gerlan Pool Quay Welshpool SY21 9JX
Received 9 Dec 2024Broniarth Farm Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9DT
Received 18 Mar 201916 Maes Myllin Llanfyllin Powys SY22 5DQ
Received 8 Nov 2016Sycharth Smithy (The Doghouse) Pen-Y-Bont L.E. Oswestry SY10 9JQ
Received 24 Jan 201720 (Part Of Former Spar Store) Church Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7DQ
Received 24 Oct 2016Dol-y-coed Llanwrthwl Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6NU
Received 2 Aug 2023Cae Gardd, Land South Of Maesyberllan Felin Fach Brecon Powys LD3 0UG
Received 20 Nov 2023Plasgwyn 2 Bryn Street Newtown Powys SY16 2HW
Received 7 Aug 2025Land To The East Of Pool Quay Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9JS
Received 29 Nov 2024Land Adjacent South Of Old Castle Avenue Guilsfield Welshpool Powys
Received 3 Sept 2024Plasgwyn 2 Bryn Street Newtown Powys SY16 2HW
Received 7 Aug 2025Plots 2, 3 & 4 At Severnside Frankwell Street Newtown Powys SY16 2BZ
Received 17 Jun 2022Pant Garage Pantygamallt Staylittle Llanbrynmair Powys
Received 14 Sept 2022Land SE Of Twin Oaks, Guilsfield, Welshpool, SY21 9PX
Received 4 Feb 2026Land At Dolygaseg Foel Welshpool Powys SY21 0PD
Received 29 May 2019Land Near Cross Farm Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DP
Received 11 Nov 2020The Waen Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0HA
Received 7 Dec 2020Y Gadlas Cwmwr Isaf Hirnant Pen-y-bont-fawr Powys SY10 0HP
Received 15 Dec 2020Fronlwyd Hirnant Pen-y-bont-fawr Powys SY10 0HP
Received 9 Mar 2021Land Near Tanyboncyn Cefn Coch Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Powys
Received 6 Jul 2021Development At Henllan Ganol Llangyniew Welshpool Powys
Received 23 Nov 2020Records 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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