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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.
13,852 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gaerwen Cottage Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9PR
Received 31 Oct 2018St Llwchaiarn s Church Abermule Montgomery Powys
Received 11 Nov 2020Prestwylfa Cymdu Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Powys SY10 0EF
Received 13 Nov 2020Offas Way Llanymynech Powys SY22 6JY
Received 3 Aug 2020Green Hall Llanfyllin SY22 5LG
Received 19 Nov 2020Sarnau Cottage Sarnau Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QL
Received 19 Apr 2017Land Off B4393 Lake Vyrnwy Abertridwr Powys SY10 0NN
Received 6 Sept 2018Land At Cynhinfa Pont Robert Meifod Powys SY22 6JP
Received 20 Sept 2018Land Off A44 SW Of Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 19 Nov 2018Barn At Pen Y Lan Uchaf Meifod Powys SY22 6YB
Received 25 Aug 2020Barns Know As Pen Y Bryn Llangedwyn Oswestry Powys SY10 9LB
Received 14 Mar 2019Capel Glanafon Waterfall Street Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant Oswestry SY10 0JX
Received 16 Feb 2021Ty Issa Winllan Lane Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain SY22 6TN
Received 10 Jun 2021Ty Issa Winllan Lane Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain SY22 6TN
Received 10 Jun 2021Crosswood Cemetery Lane Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9NF
Received 27 Sept 2018Castellmoch Fach Pedair-ffordd Oswestry Powys SY10 0AJ
Received 21 Aug 2018Frondeg Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0EZ
Received 10 Feb 2021The Stables New Road Llanfair Caereinion Y Trallwng Powys SY21 0SB
Received 26 Aug 2020The Lodge Goetre Hall Meifod Powys SY22 6DF
Received 14 Oct 2020Frondeg Llangynog Oswestry SY10 0EZ
Received 28 Sept 2020Land To The South Of A489 West Of Mochdre Brook Newtown Powys SY16 4HZ
Received 4 Jul 2022Bryncelyn Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0BL
Received 16 Feb 2017Os 8922 Land At Beulah Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4TT
Received 21 Mar 2017Land Near Trefnant Cwmbelan Llanidloes Powys SY18 6RG
Received 13 Jul 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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