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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13,852 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Watergrist Mill Water Lane Rhayader Powys LD6 5AN
Received 21 Mar 2017Land Near Caenycoed Old Hall Llanidloes Powys
Received 22 Sept 2017Caregynfol Farmhouse Llanwrthwl Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6NT
Received 8 Sept 2016Storage Building Land Rear Of Victoria Hall Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4SS
Received 20 Dec 2016Nantyfarddu Llanafan Builth Wells Powys LD2 3PL
Received 26 Jan 2018Land Adj Llandegley School Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 12 Dec 2016Land East Of Tynrhos Llansilin Oswestry Powys SY10 7QQ
Received 29 Aug 2018Land Adjacent To Tyn Y Ddol Tregynon Newtown Powys SY16 3LP
Received 24 Jun 2022The Vicarage Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0RR
Received 17 Dec 2020Land Adj To Tyn Y Ffynnon Cefn Coch Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Powys SY10 0BS
Received 19 Dec 2020Langdale Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9PP
Received 6 Nov 2020Foel Farm Llanfechain SY22 6UA
Received 17 Feb 2021Land Adj To Ar-y-ddol High Street Llanfair Caereinion Y Trallwng Powys SY21 0QY
Received 22 Dec 2020Tan Y Foel Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Powys SY22 6XP
Received 17 Jan 2021Land At Bwlch Y Ddar Bwlch-y-Ddar Llangedwyn Llanfechain Powys SY10 9LN
Received 21 May 2021Twll Barn Pentre R-Beirdd Guilsfield Welshpool Powys SY21 9DN
Received 18 Nov 2020Old School Hall Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 31 Oct 2018Tirionfa Llanfechain Powys SY22 6UJ
Received 3 Jan 2019Land Off A44 SW Of Llandegley Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 19 Nov 2018Hillside Cottage Meifod Powys SY22 6XZ
Received 12 Oct 2018Old School Hall Meifod Powys SY22 6BY
Received 31 Oct 2018Hendre Poeth Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Powys SY22 6TJ
Received 13 Aug 2018Tirionfa Llanfechain Powys SY22 6UJ
Received 11 Sept 2018Carreghofa Primary School Llanymynech SY22 6PA
Received 13 Nov 2018Records 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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